Islam and Human Rights *Jews of Yemen face intimidation and discrimination <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1360>*
A workshop entitled “Jews of Yemen” that was held last Saturday in Sana’a condemned the intimidation and discrimination that Jews face in Yemen. The workshop was organized by the Women’s Forum for Studies and Training and by the online news website Al-Tagheer. Attended by a number of human rights activists, the workshop called for a review of Yemeni constitution and laws that discriminate against Yemeni Jews. It demanded that the rights of the Jewish minority in Yemen are guaranteed as they are guaranteed to all Yemenis and to end all practices that violate these rights. The workshop also called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Expatriates to deal humanely with Yemeni Jews who emigrate in the same way that they deal with all other emigrating Yemenis, and to give Jews all their rights as citizens. It also demanded that the two ministries follow up issues and concerns of Yemeni Jewish expatriates abroad and give them the opportunity to participate in all activities. -- *Mohamed Bin Sallam* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1360> Islam and the West *The US: Haunted by Torture <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1361>* Furious debate is raging in the United States over the Bush administration’s use of torture. So it is well worth repeating some truths I learned over 50 years while covering dirty ‘pacification’ wars, from Algeria to Indochina, Central and South America, southern Africa, the Mideast, Afghanistan, ?and Kashmir. Nations that use torture disgrace themselves. Armed forces and police that torture inevitably become brutalised and corrupted. ‘Limited’ use of torture quickly becomes generalised. ‘Information’ obtained by torture is mostly unreliable. In spite of all the historical evidence that torture is counter-productive, the Bush administration encouraged torture of anti-American militants (aka ‘terrorists’) after the 9/11 attacks. The full story has not yet been revealed, but what we know so far is revolting and shameful. Many Americans and human rights groups are now clamouring for the Bush administration officials who employed and sanctioned torture to face justice. President Barack Obama hinted his new attorney general, Eric Holder, might investigate this whole ugly business. --* Eric S. Margolis*** More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1361> -- Syed M. Asadullah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. Wanna subscribe to this group, send email to [email protected] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ *********************************************************** The Official Website of Group is LAUNCHED, http://www.geocities.co -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
