Monthly Archives: August 2023
The We’ve Got to Do Something Syndrome
Is the Sahel region in West Africa becoming a new hub for international terrorism, as the badlands of Afghanistan were almost three decades ago? Last week, the question forced its way into global policymakers’ circles with the military coup in Niamey, the capital of Niger, an impoverished state in that region.
Paraded Naked and Gang-Raped: The Persecution of Christians in India
“The viral video captures the harrowing ordeal endured by two Christian women…. [They] were paraded naked while a mob of men molested and beat them mercilessly…. [T]he younger woman, aged only 19, was brutally gang-raped by the enraged mob….” Report, British Asian Christian Association, May 21, 2023.
The Real Reason Palestinians Do Not Have a Free Media
This fierce crackdown on Palestinian journalists, however, is ignored by the mainstream media in the West. When Palestinian journalists are brutally attacked, where is the outrage of foreign journalists? Their outrage seems reserved only for stories that reflect negatively on Israel.
