Holocaust

People who cast insults against Islam’s prophet Mohammed should be treated the same way as those who deny the Holocaust, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Saturday. He added that claiming “freedom of speech” is no protection against hurting the feelings of observant Muslims. Speaking after a week of violent…

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 18/04/2021 - 10:49 Pakistan PM Imran Khan speaking at a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 19, 2020. © Mohammad Ismail, REUTERS Western governments should treat people who insult the Prophet Mohammed the same as those who deny the Holocaust,…

Raoul Peck’s 2014 drama, Murder in Pacot, is a sweaty, outdoor masterpiece. It is set amid the ruins of a stylish, modern home in the chaotic days after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; the couple who own it endure a Beckettian reversal of fortune. Played by the graceful Ayọ and the…

Windsor resident Salomon Smeer survived the Holocaust, but his mother did not. He's one of the reasons the Windsor Jewish Federation is condemning recent swastika signs in the community as "outrageous and unnecessary." Author of the article: Dalson Chen Saloman Smeer, 83, a Holocaust survivor originally from Holland, is seen…

Bill Maher went on an extended rant about the “depressing” lineup of Best Picture nominees at the Oscars this year, pinning blame on “virtue signaling” among Hollywood liberals. “You couldn’t have a worse time at the movies if there was an active shooter in the theater,” Maher says, during the…

Israeli officials expressed their condolences after the British Royal Family announced the death of 99-year-old Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth, on Friday. “My deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to HM Queen Elizabeth II, HRH The Prince of Wales, the Royal Family and the people of…

(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes Easter, Ramadan preparations and more. Children and their parents release birds celebrating the Annunciation on the eve of Orthodox Easter in front of the St. Tatiana Church…

Al Münzer survived the Nazi occupation by hiding with a Dutch Indonesian family in the Netherlands. Josie Traum was hidden in Belgium at the age of 3 after her mother made the agonizing decision to send her away at the start of World War II without knowing where she would…

 The cardinal imperative of Holocaust Remembrance Day is, as its name indicates, to remember. To remember the murdered Six Million yourself, and to compel others to do the same. To remember so that lives so cruelly snuffed out on earth do not vanish as well from people’s minds. To remember…

LONDON — Abe Foxman was a year old when the Nazis ordered his parents to report to the Jewish ghetto in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 1941. His nanny, a Catholic, told them to leave the child with her, expecting that they would be back several weeks later. Foxman’s stay with her…