The report said that in the past year, China had significantly intensified its campaign of mass detention of members of Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang. Palestine/Israel situation to be more critical, which needs resolving. “Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups” — Paul Krugman, Oslo Dead? Xinjiang Governor Shohrat Zakir said on Tuesday that China was running boarding schools, not concentration camps, in the country’s far western region as the US ambassador for religious freedom called the situation there “completely unacceptable” and said sanctions against Chinese officials under the Global Magnitsky Act remained a “possibility”. But Hasidim don’t cloister themselves entirely, according to Katz, who recalls his father — who grew up in South America — chatting in Spanish with the Latino neighbors as he left the house for work. Kamala Harris is more than her gender and race. The Netflix documentary frequently shows Hasidim through windows, often barred, suggesting the only way to observe this community is voyeuristically. The filmmakers worked with the New York-based nonprofit Footsteps, which helps former Hasidic Jews on their journeys to more secular lives. The term means being deceitful in some way, usually in economic or legal agreements. from Foreign Policy in Focus provides more in-depth look at the US involvement in the Middle East.). Beijing has warned of retaliation if Washington were to target Chen and the administration has yet to act despite complaints from US lawmakers. Of course, if the resolution had been biased, one-sided and unhelpful to the Palestinians, he likely would not have objected. Pompeo assailed Nicaragua for the government’s use of snipers and live ammunition to repress protests that the report says left “at least 325 persons dead and more than 2,000 injured” last year. “Today, more than one million Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and other Muslims are interned in re-education camps designed to erase their religious and ethnic identities,” he said. China rejects US criticism of its treatment of Muslim minorities. The two aren’t outliers, Katz said. In fact, Israel is one of the top recipients receiving billions of dollars worth of aid, training and weapons. “I want to live a kind of life with the ideals and principles of Torah living. Iran also came in for harsh criticism while rival Saudi Arabia, cited for many identical domestic rights abuses as well as the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was given easier treatment. Photo courtesy of Netflix, Never miss the top religion news and opinion — sign up for RNS newsletters, Both candidates went to church this weekend. September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and in order to get crucial Middle East support, the U.S. increased pressure Every one of us has taken at least one English class in our lives. indiscriminate anti-American and anti-Jewish feelings will be more able to recruit people to their causes. Alternatively, copy/paste the following MLA citation format for this page: Shah, Anup. At the same time, U.S. envoy, General Anthony Zinni, has been in the region to try and broker some sort of Tehran was also cited for contributing to rights abuses in Syria through its support for President Bashar al-Assad, and in Yemen for backing the Houthi rebels battling for control of the country. Documentarians’ attempts to shed light on Hasidic groups can reveal their own — sometimes apparently willful — misconceptions about them, as an Oprah Winfrey film crew did when it toured a Hasidic group’s ritual bath, or mikvah, in Brooklyn in 2012. Their belief is that critics are everywhere and if one is to respond to each and every one of them, life will be truly chaotic. On other issues, too, from the rabbis they follow to the places they settle, “there are tons of gradations,” said Katz.
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