Why would young Muslims leave Europe to return to countries their parents had left? Discrimination is pushing some out while job opportunities beckon. Worshipers inside the Brussels Grand Mosque, Brussels, Belgium, 16 February 2018. (EPA-EFE/Olivier Hoslet) “I don’t...
By Nelson Graves Let’s take time out from digesting Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election to look at a critical issue that is helping to shape politics in that country and around the world: terrorism. Terrorism sends shock waves around...
By Nelson Graves What are we to make of France and the burkini? Should we be outraged because some towns have banned the full-body swimsuit? Indignant because the measures are an affront to women’s rights and a sign of growing Islamophobia? Or is the garment a...
By Ally Oh We’re always told to look for the good — the silver lining, the upside, the half-full glass — but it’s not always that easy or simple. On a recent weekend, listening to a heartbroken Turkish girl cry and yell at everyone in the bathroom to get...
The terror attacks on Paris have prompted the media and nationalist movements to promote fear. To succumb to fear is to play into the hands of the terrorists. “Paix pour Paris,” by Ivy Turinsky, November 20, 2015 This story won first prize in the high school category...