genocide
US says Islamic State committed genocide against Christians
By Reuters — March 17, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The State Department says the designation by Secretary John Kerry does not create a legal obligation for the United States.
What naming ISIS’ actions ‘genocide’ would mean to Christians (COMMENTARY)
By Jennifer A. Marshall — March 16, 2016
(RNS) To not say the truth would give Islamic militants a green light, says one Iraqi priest.
Knights of Columbus report: ISIS committing Christian ‘genocide’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 10, 2016
(RNS) The report included a list of 1,131 Christians killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2014 and 125 churches attacked there in the same period.
Clinton: Islamic State ‘wiping out Christians’ is genocide
By Reuters — December 30, 2015
She said it was the word for "deliberately destroying lives and wiping out the existence Christians and other religious minorities."
Save persecuted religious minorities first (COMMENTARY)
By James S. Robbins — November 18, 2015
It’s not un-American to save Assyrian Christians, Yazidis and others from genocide at the hands of the Islamic State group.
Islamic State committed genocide in Iraq against Yazidis – report
By Reuters — November 12, 2015
UNITED NATIONS -- The crimes were committed against Christian, Yazidi, Turkmen, Shabak, Sabaean-Mandaean, and Kaka'i people in Nineveh province between June and August 2014, found a report by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Experts say what governments won’t: ISIS atrocities are genocide
By Brian Pellot — August 7, 2015
(RNS) A growing number of advocates and experts are calling for President Obama and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to label ISIS’s actions against religious and ethnic minorities “genocide.” What’s holding them back?
The ‘Splainer: Who are the Rohingya and why are they fleeing Myanmar?
By Brian Pellot — May 19, 2015
(RNS) Thousands of Rohingya have left Myanmar this spring and at least hundreds are now stranded at sea. Who are these Rohingya and what are they running from? Let us 'splain ...
Genocides and Holocausts: Never again (COMMENTARY)
By Tad Taube — April 24, 2015
(RNS) It strains the conscience of our modern societies to realize that 100 years after the death of 1.5 million Armenians, the threat of further genocide hangs heavy over our so-called “civilized world.”
On eve of anniversary, Turkey’s ‘cultural genocide’ of Armenian history is ongoing
By Tania Karas — April 23, 2015
YUKARI BAKRACLI, Turkey (RNS) Over the past century, the Turkish government has destroyed many Armenian churches, homes, schools and cemeteries or allowed them to fall into ruins.
Bangladesh Parliament member sentenced to death for crimes against Hindus
By Richard S. Ehrlich — October 2, 2013
(RNS) A court in Muslim-majority Bangladesh sentenced an Islamist member of Parliament to death for genocide and other crimes against Hindus during the country's 1971 war for independence.
Bosnian Muslims thrive in U.S. despite unease over homeland
By Omar Sacirbey — November 28, 2012
BOSTON (RNS) Despite their relatively short time in America and the traumas of war, Bosnian Muslims are thriving in American society. Success, however, hasn’t diminished the sense of injustice that many feel over how the bloody war ended, or concerns that their trials could be too easily forgotten. By Omar Sacirbey.
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