Month: November 2011

Canadian Shia Imam is beaten up and arrested by Saudi officers while performing Hajj. While officials never confirmed charges or his detention, Atar had given a speech protesting the violence in Bahrain in which he said: “When my children ask me about what I did when I saw people getting killed and oppressed, I do not want…

Expectations that the Obama administration will ask “Congress to find a way both to continue to funding UNESCO, and give the US government flexibility if Palestine is recognized as a member by other, more important UN organizations” raises the question of whether the US will reconsider its anti-Palestinian laws or withdraw from UNESCO the way…