By Ramzy Baroud So far this year, “nearly one quarter of a million migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe”, reported Al Jazeera’s Inside Story, citing the International Organisation for Migration. The situation is indeed bleak, not only because the number of refugees is constantly on the rise, but also because Europe appears rather disinterested in addressing the root causes …

Human Rights Groups denounced Israeli demolitions of homes in the West Bank where the U.N. said 63 houses and other structures were destroyed this week alone, making 132 Palestinians homeless. In a joint statement, 31 international organizations including Oxfam and Amnesty International slammed the “surge” in demolitions and urged world leaders “to take urgent action” to put an end to …

Making Apathy History Canadian Arab Institute  While some may try to find an unworn path to follow, Caro Loutfi has taken it upon herself to boldly carve her own way. As the Executive Director and resident change-maker at Apathy is Boring, Loutfi is staring youth voters straight in the eye and calling for a change. Voter apathy amongst Canadian youth …

On Tuesday  ,Muslim leaders and scholars from 20 countries issued a joint declaration underlining the severity of the problem  of Climate change and urging governments to commit to 100 percent renewable energy or a zero emissions strategy. The declaration calls on oil-rich, wealthy Muslim countries to lead the charge in phasing out fossil fuels “no later than the middle of …

A man from Surrey who has created a new dating app for Muslims in B.C. called Salaam Swipe. Khalil Jessa’s new app launched an app on Apple’s store and he already says t hat  he  got an  amounts of positive feedback from Muslims eager to try it. Khalil  said “People have seen this and given me tremendous support because they know that …

  A new study  suggests Canada ranks 6th  out of 152 countries when it comes to human freedom while  US is 20th. The study  is a joint project of the Fraser Institute, the Liberales Institut of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for .Freedom (Germany), and the Cato Institute (United States) .it  used 76 indicators of personal, civil and economic freedoms. Hong …

In ““I the QS Best Student Cities 2015” study  Montreal has been named as  the best city in Canada for student,  and the eighth on an international list. The study cites the city’s high ranking educational institutions, like McGill University – ranked 21st in the world and 2nd in Canada – as well as Concordia University and Université de Montréal. Laura Bridgestock  wrote in the …

  On Tuesday, An official of the Palestinian Islamist movement (Hamas) has been detained at Cairo airport when  he tried to enter Egypt  coming from Saudi Arabia . An airport source said , that Hassan alSaifi, whose name figures on an Egyptian watch list, was detained on arrival , he was still at the airport and would likely be deported. …

  On Tuesday , International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said  that it was “extremely concerned” by a growing number of corpses abandoned in the war zones in Yemen. Nourane Houas,the head of the ICRC’s Protection Department in Yemen said “With the escalation of the fighting, more casualties are being left behind owing to the increased danger associated with …

By : Amer Zahr There’s no reason to think there’s anything wrong. Almost no reason. Except for one thing. There’s a military occupation going on. Forty-eight years later, unfortunately, this still has to be explained. And I don’t want to try to explain it to you by exploring international law or geopolitics. Wikipedia has that pretty well covered. Instead, let’s …