Chicago Muslims and Jews Speak with One Voice on Peace and Justice
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The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (the Council), working very closely with the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA), has brought together a diverse group of Muslim and Jewish institutions and individuals in a very important act of solidarity based upon shared convictions through a joint statement.
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The recent incident in Davos World Economic Forum panel discussion at the end which the prime Minister of Turkey Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan demonstratively walked off the stage after a fierce exchange with both the Israeli president Shimon Peres and panel moderator David Ignatius
It was early May of 1996. The genocide of Bosnia, as per the Dayton Peace Accords, appeared to be over and so did the work of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Information Bureau in Ottawa. We could breathe a sigh of relief, or so we thought. People were tired of dying and the system of world control needed just that in order to cement the "facts on the ground"
Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia
So far, BIH has not signed any document that sells out its Statehood under international law, though to be sure Owen-Stoltenberg, the EU Action Plan, and the First Draft of the Dayton Agreement would have done so.
As part of its plan to promote and encourage diversity within the Embassy and in its work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Embassy staff attended the first discussion on Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 4 December. The lecture was delivered by Professor Ahmet Alibasic, a lecturer at the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Director of the Centre for Advance Studies.
The Bosniak-American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAACBH) condemns the acts of violence and vandalism that destroyed the Fazlagica Kula mosque in the Republika Srpska controlled town in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) a few hours before local Muslims were to perform their religious prayer of the Eid al-Adha, the holiest day in the Muslim calendar. Eid al-Adha is the Festival of Sacrifice which commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.
The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CBNA), an umbrella organization representing Bosniaks living in The United States and Canada strongly condemns the today’s attack against Bosniaks’ mosque in Fazlagića Kula near Gacko municipality during the most sacred holiday for Bosniaks, Eid Al-Adha. This is not an isolated incident, as there have been many attacks on refugee returnees, attacks and vandalizing of mosques in RS, and threats to imams.