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United World Schools Charity - Teach the Unreached - 0 views

shared by bbaker2 on 28 Feb 15 - No Cached
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    The United World Schools Charity reaches out to children living in the poorest and least developed regions and gives them the opportunity to receive an education. This charity is working to improve development in countries where the children receive a below-basic education. This charity builds schools in these regions and they provide support to the communities. United World Schools aims to have ensured 50,000 children and young adults can read, write, and count by 2018/19 in these remote and post-conflict areas.
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Sectarian tensions high, say Australian Muslim leaders - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Muslim community leaders in Australia say sectarian tensions are soaring, as radicalized Sunni youth, inspired by ISIS, seek to import the religious conflicts wracking the Middle East.
  • a 47-year old Shia leader was shot in the shoulder early Monday morning, as worshipers observed the Shia ritual of Ashura.
  • Shia community focused around the Islamic center in Greenacre, south-west Sydney
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  • "Anyone who speaks against the fighting in Syria and advocating the government to take action against people in Iraq and Syria -- they are threatened and attacked."
  • brutal Syrian conflict, and the appeal of ISIS to radicalized Sunni youth in Australia.
  • Sunni extremist group, which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq.
  • Sectarian tensions were a new phenomenon for Australia's Muslim community
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    Sunni extremists, who are supporting ISIS, have launched attacks against Shia Muslims in Australia to bring religious conflict from the Middle East. Why are they launching attacks on groups within the same religion as them? Why do Sunni extremists feel the need to get Australia involved in the religious conflicts from the Middle East after they've managed to avoid conflict for a long time?
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James Foley is a reminder why freelance reporting is so dangerous - 0 views

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    Certain factors in different regions draw people into the sometimes dangerous profession of journalism and reporting. Why do journalists continue to cover dangerous conflicts around the world when they are aware that they are risking their lives doing so?
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