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Double Standards: Buddhists, Muslims and Murder
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Buddhist mobs have been killing Muslims in Myanmar. Where’s the outrage? Why aren’t all major Buddhist leaders, those supposed paragons of compassion, loudly, unequivocally,...
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Nawaz Wins: What’s Next in Pakistan?
By Patricia Lee Sharpe The count’s still contested here and there—and loudly, especially in Karachi, which is no surprise. But the outcome is clear: the Pakistan Muslim League (N) won enough seats in...
View ArticleWest Wing Week: 05/24/13 or “Justice for Everybody”
This week, the President continued his Jobs & Opportunity tour, this time highlighting bold new efforts in education and manufacturing in Baltimore, gave the commencement address at Morehouse...
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Nairobi tweets 1: Bulletproof?
[ by Charles Cameron -- taking a hint from the twitter stream of HSM Press and running with it ] Update: As of Monday morning 11am California time: I now think it’s clear that the twitter stream I was...
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Myanmar between Woolwich and Al-Aqsa 1: interfaith hatred
[ by Charles Cameron -- in which jihadis take on Jews, Christians, Muslims and Buddhists, quite an interfaith haul for hatred ] . Aaron Zelin at Jihadology posted an hour-long video entitled Woolwich...
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Monk Wirathu’s 969 quotes the Dalai Lama’s Kalachakra
[ by Charles Cameron -- a Buddhist instance of the widespread use of sacred texts as offering sanction for religious violence, with Muslims depicted as the enemy on this occasion ] . Three dimensional...
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Christian cannibal: first the horror, then the meditation
[ by Charles Cameron -- you may not want to watch the video - read the text first, okay? ] . Here’s what the BBC-wallah said: The Christians were victims; now they’re on top. It’s a dangerous time to...
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From the Archives: Air Force One and Presidential Air Travel
Click here to see the photo gallery. The President of the United States must be ready to travel anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice. Fortunately, modern Presidents have access to a variety of...
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President Obama Heads to Beijing, Kicking Off Trip to Asia and Australia
President Barack Obama steps off Air Force One to a red carpet welcome on arrival at Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Nov. 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Over...
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The President Wraps Up Trip in Burma, Heads to Australia
President Barack Obama walks towards Air Force One past honor guards and a group of representatives from Burmese ethnic groups before departing from Naypyitaw International Airport in Burma. November...
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Behind the Lens: Photographing the President in 50 Countries
Today, President Obama visits Kenya — the 50th country he has visited during his Administration. It’s also my 50th country traveling with the President. To mark the occasion, as I did when the...
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