Results for Tag: Slams
European rights chief slams idea of burqa ban
STRASBOURG (AFP) - Banning the full Islamic veil would not liberate oppressed women, a European rights chief said Sunday, and could lead to them becoming even more alienated in society.Thomsas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s Human
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OIC slams Israel's dangerous Al-Aqsa mosque move
RIYADH (AFP) - The head of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference condemned as illegal the entry Sunday of Israeli police into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and warned of dangerous consequences to the action. Ekmeleddin
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US Senate slams 'reckless' Blackwater unit in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – Military contractors in Afghanistan working for the security company Blackwater regularly carried unauthorised weapons and engaged in “reckless” behaviour that included the accidental shooting of a fellow contractor, a US
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