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Rohingya Refugees Face Fierce New Wave of Hostility in Malaysia

Nurulhidayah Zahid, daughter of Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, for example, compared the community to "monkeys in the forest". "Enough of using religious and humanitarian sentiments. Do good in moderation. Don't let the monkeys in the forest be fed, [while] the children at home die of hunger," she wrote in a post on Threads that includes a picture of Rohingya. A former deputy police chief, Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, likened the influx of Rohingya as a "cancer" requiring urgent action. "[Refugees and migrants] are once again being turned into convenient political scapegoats to divert attention from deeper domestic challenges," says Yap Lay Sheng, a researcher from the human rights group Fortify Rights. "For years, the Malaysian government has sought to present the country internationally as a humane and compassionate Muslim nation. Its treatment of the Rohingya exposes the hollowness of that claim ," says Yap, who is based i...

Antisemitism and Islamophobia

“Antisemitism and Islamophobia do not compete for a fixed ration of public sympathy.  They are the one prejudice in two coats. Each rests on the same premise that a minority may be judged and feared and shut out for its religion. “Israel’s "Ministry of Subversion" now sits closer to an illiberal, nationalist Europe than to the liberal order that once made Jewish life in the diaspora secure.” Would Andreas Krieg argue that the very same 'liberal order' has made Muslims, Jews and others insecure with its double standards, wars, invasions, hypocrisy, institutional racism, marginalisation, obscene inequality, and because of the very same order that the far right is on the rise …? I doubt it. I emailed him for an answer. 

Ų­ŁŠŁ† يبكي البحر... ŲŖŁ†Ų­Ł†ŁŠ السماؔ

يا ŲŗŲ²Ų© يا Ł…ŁˆŲ¬ البحر يا ملح Ų§Ł„Ų­ŁƒŲ§ŁŠŲ© يا Ų¬Ų±Ų­ Ų³Ų§ŁƒŁ† ŲØŲ§Ł„Ų¶Ł„ŁˆŲ¹ ŁˆŁ…Ų§ هان ŁŠŁˆŁ… ŲØŁ‚Ų§ŁŠŲ§ يا دارنا يا ريحة Ų®ŲØŲ² يا ضحكة وسط Ų§Ł„ŲØŁ„Ų§ŁŠŲ§ يا Ų²ŁŠŲŖŁˆŁ†Ų© ŁˆŲ§Ł‚ŁŲ© Ų¹َ Ų§Ł„Ų±ŁŠŲ­ ŲØŲŖŁ‚ŁˆŁ„: الأرض Ł…Ų“ سوايا ؄حنا Ų„Ų°Ų§ Ų¬Ų§Ų± الزمن Ł…Ų§ ŲØŁ†ŲØŁŠŲ¹ Ų®Ų·Ų§ŁˆŁŠŁ†Ų§ ŁˆŲ„Ł† Ł…Ų§Ł„ Ł…ŁŠŲ²Ų§Ł† البؓر بنعدل Ł…ŁˆŲ§Ų²ŁŠŁ†Ų§ ŁˆŲ„Ł† ضاقت Ų§Ł„ŲÆŁ†ŁŠŲ§ Ų¹Ł„ŁŠŁ†Ų§ ŲØŁ†ŁˆŲ³Ų¹Ł‡Ų§ ŲØŲ£Ł…Ų§Ł†ŁŠŁ†Ų§ ŁˆŲ„Ł† Ų·Ų§Ł„ Ł„ŁŠŁ„ Ų§Ł„Ł„ŁŠŁ„ ŁŁŠŁ†Ų§ الفجر Ų³Ų§ŁƒŁ† في Ł…Ų¢Ł‚ŁŠŁ†Ų§ يا عالم Ų§Ų³Ł…Ų¹ŁˆŲ§ Ų§Ł„Ų­ŁƒŲ§ŁŠŲ© Ł…Ų“ حكاية Ł…ŁˆŲŖ ŁˆŲ£Ł†ŁŠŁ† Ł‡Ų§ŁŠ حكاية Ų“Ų¹ŲØ قال: الحق Ł…Ų§ ŲØŁŠŁ…ŁˆŲŖ Ł„Łˆ Ų·Ų§Ł„ Ų§Ł„Ų³Ł†ŁŠŁ† بدنا سلام يرد Ų§Ł„Ų±ŁˆŲ­ لأم فقدت Ų­Ł†ŁŠŁ†Ł‡Ų§ بدنا أمان يفتح ŲØŲ§ŲØ لدار سكرت Ų³Ł†ŁŠŁ†Ł‡Ų§ بدنا Ų¹ŲÆŁ„ Ł…Ų§ يعرف ŁŠŁ…ŁŠŁ„ ŁˆŁ„Ų§ يبيع Ł…ŁˆŲ§Ų²ŁŠŁ†Ł‡Ų§ وحرية ŲŖŁ…Ų“ŁŠ Ų¹َ Ų§Ł„Ų·Ų±ŁŠŁ‚ ŁˆŁ…Ų§ Ų­ŲÆŲ§ ŁŠŲ³Ų£Ł„: Ł„Ł…ŁŠŁ†Ł‡Ų§؟ بدنا ŁˆŲ·Ł†... Ł…Ų“ ŁˆŲ·Ł† Ł…Ų±Ų³ŁˆŁ… Ų¹َ ŁˆŲ±Ł‚ بدنا ŁˆŲ·Ł† ŁŠŲ³Ł†ŲÆ خطى Ų§Ł„Ł„ŁŠ من التعب صاروا حرق ŁˆŲ·Ł† Ų„Ų°Ų§ الطفل نام ŁŁŠŁ‡ Ł…Ų§ ŁŠŲµŲ­Ł‰ Ł…ŁŲ²ŁˆŲ¹ من الفرق و؄ذا الأم قالت: ŁˆŁŠŁ† Ų§ŲØŁ†ŁŠ؟ ŁŠŲ¬ŁŠŁ‡Ų§ Ų§Ł„Ų¬ŁˆŲ§ŲØ: Ł‡ŁˆŁ†... Ł…Ų§ غرق يا ŲØŲ­Ų± خفف من بكاك ŁˆŲ®Ł„ŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ł…ŁˆŲ¬ ŁŠŲŗŁ†ŁŠ Ł‚ŁˆŁ„ للمدى: ŲŗŲ²Ų© Ł‡ŁˆŁ† ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų­Ł„Ł… ŁŁŠŁ‡Ų§ Ł…Ų§ تدنى Ł‚ŁˆŁ„ ؄ن Ų§Ł„Ł„ŁŠ Ų¹Ų§Ų“ Ų§Ł„ŁˆŲ¬Ų¹ لسه على ŲÆŲ±ŲØ الأمل بنى ŁˆŲ„Ł† Ų§Ł„Ł„ŁŠ حافظ Ų¹َ ŁƒŲ±Ų§Ł…ŲŖŁ‡ Ł…Ų§ ŁŠŁˆŁ… ŲØŲ§Ų¹... ŁˆŁ„Ų§ انحنى يا ŲØŲ­Ų±... Ł„Łˆ هاج Ł…ŁˆŲ¬Łƒ ألف Ł…Ų±Ų© Ł…Ų§ ŲØŁŠŲŗŁ„ŲØ صبرنا ŁˆŁ„Łˆ اسودت Ų§Ł„ŲÆŁ†ŁŠŲ§ Ų¹Ł„ŁŠŁ†Ų§ ŲØŁ†ŁˆŁ„Ų¹ من فجرنا ŁˆŁ„Łˆ Ł‚Ų§Ł„ŁˆŲ§: انتهت الح...

¿Puede el capitalismo salvar la revolución de Cuba?

Cuba estÔ experimentando su mayor transformación económica en décadas: las empresas privadas han vuelto y los pequeños negocios emplean a una cuarta parte de la fuerza laboral. Sin embargo, la reforma de mercado no ha traído una apertura política. Una casa de color turquesa recién renovada destaca en una Habana desgastada. Dos Ôrboles frutales dan sombra a su patio; un columpio se alza sobre el césped artificial y las ventanas delanteras estÔn polarizadas para mayor privacidad. Una anciana sentada en una silla de ruedas junto a la entrada hablaba sola. Es residente de TaTamanía, el primer hogar de ancianos privado de Cuba, que abrió sus puertas esta primavera en el distrito del Vedado de la capital. Este tipo de negocio estuvo prohibido durante mucho tiempo bajo la revolución, pero en los últimos años, la falta de recursos ha dejado a las instalaciones públicas de cuidado en un estado crítico. Una ex pediatra, Yadira Álvarez, y su esposo, Rolando Pérez, especialista en informÔtica, cre...