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Religious Festivals: New Ground for Spreading Communal Hate

Ram Puniyani   Eid-Ul-Adha (Bakra Eid) is the second most important festival for Muslims. Bakra Eid, widely known as Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice, is the major Islamic holiday. It honours Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham) unwavering faith in Allah, commemorating his willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience before Allah provided a ram in the son's place. Muslims who can afford to do so perform a ritual sacrifice of an animal, such as a goat, sheep, cow, or camel. This serves as a physical and symbolic re-enactment of Prophet Ibrahim's sacrifice. It is a profound spiritual festival for Muslims and it highlights the spirit of sacrifice and sharing, as The meat from the sacrificed animal is divided into three strictly regulated portions: one for the immediate family, one for relatives and friends, and one-third dedicated entirely to the poor and needy. This underscores the Islamic pillars of empathy, charity, and community solidarity. It has been celebr...
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Israel Intensifies the Killing in Gaza as the World Looks Away

  GAZA CITY—Eight-year-old Jad Suleiman was walking home from school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza on Monday when the Israeli airstrike hit. A piece of shrapnel lodged in his neck, killing him instantly. Outside Shifa hospital, his body lay on a stretcher wrapped in a loose white sheet. Dressed in jeans and a blue and red checkered shirt, the smallness of his body was accentuated by his oversized backpack, still on his limp shoulders. Jad’s father, Youssef Suleiman, was beyond grief. He wept uncontrollably as he bent over his son’s lifeless body, caressing and kissing his face. “I am not able to speak,” Suleiman told Drop Site News. He was breathing heavily, almost gasping for air. He had removed his son’s backpack and was clutching it to his chest. “My son is 8 years old. What was his crime? He was coming home from school. This is his bag, there is blood on it. This is the bag. This is the bag,” he repeated, unable to continue. Three Palestinians were killed in the...
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Israel violated Lebanon 'ceasefire' nearly 3,500 times since April

  Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 airstrikes on south Lebanon since the so-called ceasefire was announced in April, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said in a statement on 8 June.    Israeli military analysis “The total Israeli violations of the ceasefire, from 17 April to 7 June 2026, reached 3,491 airstrikes. And we are only talking about the period during which the ceasefire that Lebanon seeks to consolidate is in effect,” the Prime Minister’s Office said after a cabinet meeting.  It added that Israel has carried out over 400 bulldozing and controlled demolition operations against Lebanese infrastructure.   Israeli military analysis “The total number of martyrs reached 3,526, and the total number of wounded reached 10,733,” the statement went on to say.  During a separate meeting with US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Salam reiterated his condemnation of Iran for including Lebanon in its negotiations with Washington and demanding an end...
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