United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to do more to examine the conditions that drive hate. “We must do more to support victims and examine the conditions that drive intolerance and hate,” the UN chief said in his message to the …
Read More »Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still a potent weapon
Islamabad, Pakistan | AFP | Thirty years after Iran called for the killing of Salman Rushdie, the British novelist remains a figure of hate for extremists across the Muslim world, and though the level of outrage has dropped, the issue of blasphemy is as incendiary as ever. Rushdie’s novel “The …
Read More »US hate crimes rose during fierce 2016 election, FBI stats show
Washington, United States | AFP | Hate crimes across the United States accelerated in 2016 as the divisive election battle that saw Donald Trump elected president progressed, FBI statistics showed Monday. Hate crimes — acts motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender — rose overall for the …
Read More »Tough love: psychology of Argentina’s Messi relationship
Buenos Aires, Argentina | AFP | Like neurotic parents, Argentines swung from criticism to unconditional love for their star footballer Lionel Messi this week, providing the soccer-mad nation’s many therapists with rich material for psychoanalysis. Fans’ frustration at the superstar’s missed penalty in Sunday’s defeat to Chile in the Copa …
Read More »