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Vietnam woos Muslim tourists
Source: ttrweekly.com
By: Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
More Muslim travellers from Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and the Middle East are visiting Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism deputy director, La Quoc Khanh, said that the number of tourists from Muslim countries, especially Indonesia and Malaysia, has gone up considerably in recent years.
Subhana’llah: Hedgehog (IMAGES)
Their coats are thick and spiny, providing them with a formidable defence against predators such as the fox. When they feel alarmed or intimidated, they will curl up into a spiny ball to protect its vulnerable stomach. They have about 5000 spines. Each spine lasts about a year then drops out and a replacement grows.
225 Jewish Survivors of Nazi Genocide Condemn the Massacre of Palestinians
Source: http://telesurtv.net
225 Jewish survivors and descendents of Jewish survivors of the Nazi genocide have signed a letter condemning Israel’s massacre in Gaza and calling for an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people. In the letter, they also speak out against the abuse of their histories to promote the dehumanization of Palestinians.
The survivors further condemned “the United States for providing Israel with the funding to carry out the attack, and Western states more generally for using their diplomatic muscle to protect Israel from condemnation.”
“Genocide begins with the silence of the world,” they wrote.
“Never again must mean never again for anyone,” survivors and their descendents wrote.