Terrorism is certainly not a Muslim monopoly
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"All Muslims may not be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims." This comment , frequently heard after the Mumbai bomb blasts implies that terrorism is a Muslim specialty, if not a monopoly. The facts are very different. First, there is nothing new about terrorism. In 1881, anarchists killed the Russian Tsar Alexander II and 21 bystanders. In 1901, anarchists killed US President McKinley as well as King Humbert I of Italy.
Comparing Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia) and the U.S. in terms of governance and public policy is a very challenging task even though some of the key elements of Bosnia's political, legal, economic and judicial systems were created by the U.S. administration. In terms of evaluating the current system of Bosnia and Herzegovina it is important to review the United States' system of governance and its basic democratic principles.
There is no religion worthy of the name that does not regard as one of its highest values the sanctity of human life. Islam is no exception to this rule. Indeed, God has made this unequivocal in the Quran by emphasizing the gravity of the universal prohibition against murder, saying of the one who takes even one life that "it is as if he has killed all mankind.
Europe is our common home. Jews and Muslims live side by side in every European country and our two communities are important components of the European religious, cultural and social tapestry. Muslims and Jews are both minority faith communities in Europe, yet both have deep roots and each has more than 1,000 years of historical experience on this continent. Our two faiths and communities are an integral part of Europe; past, present and future.
Genocide in BH is a defeat all the achievements of human civilization. IRCG speaks on behalf of victims, reminiscent of their suffering and tears and suppressed fear of oblivion. Bosniaks should not allow the victims to be thwarted by abandoning the legal domain in solving problems. Law has to be the basis of Bosniak political action. Giving up on law opens unimagined dangers for the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for Bosniaks.
After five years of lobbying by the Canadian - Bosniak community, the Canadian parliament has unanimously adopted the Srebrenica genocide resolution {M-416} recognizing the genocide that happened in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Hercegovine, in 1995. In light of the recent strides that we have made, we would like to inform you about the steps that have led up this important moment
BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Muslim World League (MWL) said here Friday that they had witnessed the real living situations of Chinese Muslims. The delegation, led by Secretary-General of the MWL Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki, visited Beijing, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Gansu Province from Oct. 7 to 15.
