Sentences with phrase «other atrocities in»

If more people knew about the history of Condor and other atrocities in Latin America, we might tread more prudently in the world.

Limbaugh is an idiot, the Pope is not going to wipe out 2,000 years of political conniving, double dealing, child molesting, heretic (i.e., anyone who disagrees) murder and other atrocities in a few weeks.

Not exact matches

there is only one Christian group that refuses to participate in war or other atrocities against other humans.

On the other hand, the atrocities committed by Christians were done in the name of Christ.

In other parts of the world, atrocities are justified by appealing to Allah or Yahweh or whatever Hindu gods the Tamil Tigers adhered to.

Persecution and Forgotten, a report of oppression in specific countries, warns that Christians in these countries will not survive if this violence continues and highlights «unspeakable atrocities» such as Christians in North Korea being starved, hanged on crosses over a fire and others being crushed under steam rollers.

, a report of oppression in specific countries, warns that Christians in these countries will not survive if this violence continues and highlights «unspeakable atrocities» such as Christians in North Korea being starved, hanged on crosses over a fire and others being crushed under steam rollers.

I have never believed Israel or any other country was complicit in the terrorist atrocity of 9/11, and my sharing of this material was ill - considered and misguided.

Priyath there are horrible atrocities committed in the name of religion for centuries but they go against the very meaning of religion and compassion for others.

«Daesh fighters have been systematically perpetrating mass atrocities, including killing members of religious groups such as Yazidis, Christians, Shia Muslims and others, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of these groups, deliberately imposing conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction in whole or in part.»

Nowhere does Scripture make reference to the deliberate destruction of a fetus, other than in acts of wartime atrocities (e.g., Amos 1:13).

Yam ATheists are good for the sake of being good, CHristians are only good because they'll burn in hell otherwise, but if allowed to, they would carry out atrocities against others.

Others who use religion as a tool for psychological enslavement or to justify committing atrocities belong in prison, not behind a pulpit.

Instead of behaving in a professional manner, our military invaded Iraq with far too small a force; failed to respond adequately when parts of the Iraqi Army (and Baathist Party) went underground; tolerated an orgy of looting and lawlessness throughout the country; disobeyed orders and ignored international obligations (including the obligation of an occupying power to protect the facilities and treasures of the occupied country — especially, in this case, Baghdad's National Museum and other archaeological sites of untold historic value); and incompetently fanned the flames of an insurgency against our occupation, committing numerous atrocities against unarmed Iraqi civilians.

Burge, like the other authors reviewed here, recounts the atrocity carried out by Jewish terrorists at the Arab village of DeirYassin just prior to the declaration of the Israeli state in 1948.

Up and down its narrow valleys and across its great plain went the pomp and panoply of the ancient world, and its more commonplace traffic as well: rich argosies from far Babylon, carrying the wares down to Egypt; royal messengers of the great kings who ruled in Persepolis, bearing decrees for the officer in charge at the frontier station of Assouan; plenipotentiaries of Hatti and of Egypt, seeking a modus vivendi in the political stresses of the thirteenth century; conquerors with their chariots and footmen and their tale of atrocities behind and yet before; wandering bands of foot - loose adventurers, seeking a good land where they might strike roots into the soil - all these and hosts of others were led among the Palestinian hills where went the great trunk roads of the ancient world, camped in the plains, bartered in the little cities, or stayed to lay permanent claim to some hit of the land.

Religion not only allows people to waste their precious time on this earth waiting for happiness in an «afterlife» that doesn't exist, but it inspires people to commit acts of atrocity upon each other while justifying their actions with bible quotes.

You bemoan the «atrocities» attributed to Allah, but you do n`t even flinch when hearing about how God / Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in «Exodus» and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in «Joshua» including women, children, and trees or the 3,000 Israelites killed by Moses for worshipping the golden calf (or the dozen or so other slaughters condoned by the bible).

Then we have the Christians, the most guilty in manipulation, mendacity, perversion and a host of other atrocities.

You bemoan the «atrocities» attributed to Allah, but you do n`t even flinch when hearing about how God / Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in «Exodus» and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in «Joshua» including women, children, and trees or the 3,000 Israelites killed by Moses for worshipping the golden calf (or the dozen or so other slaughters condoned by the Bible).

On the other hand, atrocities done by the church were quite proudly and openly committed in the name of god.

It is written in scripture that slavery, genocide, infanticide, supordination of women, and many other atrocities are god's will.

The vast majority of religions in Christendom have promoted false doctrine while closing their eyes to soem of the worst atrocities in history including the Crusades and being silent during the Nazi slaughter of the Jews and others.

But at the same time, especially in the old testament, there is plenty of material that is either mathematically improbable (to the point of nearly impossible), likely historically inaccurate and self aggrandized, and in some cases just down - right awful (other people have listed a few of the atrocities called out for in the bible, we all know they're there).

In considering the blind spots of other generations or cultures from a safe distance, it becomes clear that there is no atrocity, no horror, no injustice which human beings, under some circumstances, will not defend, or even posit as a positive good.

A vivid case in point is the impact that Bull Conner's attacks on the civil rights marchers, and the Ku Klux Klan's murder of four African - American girls in the bombing of a church — among many other such atrocities — had on the unfolding of events, including the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

You are right though, war, atrocities have been done not only in the name of religion but for other reasons as well.

Examples of parents, if you can call these despicable human beings that, who place live babies in microwave ovens and dryers or brutally bash their brains to blunt out their cries amongst other atrocities.

There are no protests in Pakistani Kashmir while there are protests everyday in Indian Kashmir, there are no political parties demanding Independence in Pakistani Kashmir where as Hurriyat Conference and others regularly make that demand in Indian Kashmir, there is no Police and Military brutality in Pakistani Kashmir where as World's largest democracy has passed laws to provide legal cover to the occupying forces who commit atrocities and warcrimes.

In other words, forceful action to prevent mass atrocity crimes is reserved to the Security Council.

After the failure of other measures to stop the war and atrocities in Bosnia, there was public pressure (specially in Western Europe countries) to avoid a repeat of it in Kosovo.

They often engage in denial that their local collaborationist units participated in Holocaust and other atrocities (it was all done by the Germans, you know, but we only fought for freedom against Stalinism) and / or claim it was a mistake, excess, exaggerated (by the Soviets), or because of the general cruelty of the war.

Tony Blair declined to be interviewed and thus his side of the story gets little airtime, other than the odd clip in which he outlines the scale of Saddam's atrocities on his own people.

«Any such commission of inquiry should be given the mandate to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the slave auction and other atrocities being perpetrated in Libya against Nigerians and other African women, men and children, and to collect and preserve evidence as well as clarify responsibility, including the potential complicity of any governments and non-state actors.»

What is more, Wike has abandoned our children on scholarship in foreign schools, stopped the free education scheme initiated by the government of Amaechi and committed sundry other atrocities that make him unworthy to be addressed as the Governor of any State in any part of this world.

Though the researchers say the link between religion and magnanimity may seem surprising given that news headlines so often focus on terrorist attacks and other atrocities committed in the name of religion, their results suggest that for most people, the influence of religion may be more positive than what is often portrayed in the media.

In Cambodia and other countries, however, the exhumation of mass graves from recent violent atrocities, the analysis of the human remains found within, and the ensuing disposition of these remains are not without controversy.

While the display of human remains in Cambodia — and the exhumation and disposition of remains in other countries — may be contentious, the questions and issues arising from working with atrocity - derived human remains are valuable and must continue to be discussed by the forensic science and human rights communities.

[8, 9] In many post-atrocity nations, as Rosenblatt states, religious leaders citing various beliefs have objected «to exhumation, autopsy, and other forensic practices, even when the mass graves in question contained crucial evidence of atrocities committed against their own members.&raquIn many post-atrocity nations, as Rosenblatt states, religious leaders citing various beliefs have objected «to exhumation, autopsy, and other forensic practices, even when the mass graves in question contained crucial evidence of atrocities committed against their own members.&raquin question contained crucial evidence of atrocities committed against their own members.»

So my question is why and how do we expect to defend a faith with others when we don't speak against these atrocities and protect those who are in suffering in the name of our faith?

As text at the end of In the Fade indicates, filmmaker Fatih Akin wishes to expose the rise in nationalistic hate crimes in Germany, which parallels the troubling swell of racist atrocities in other European countries, as well as the U.S., over the last decadIn the Fade indicates, filmmaker Fatih Akin wishes to expose the rise in nationalistic hate crimes in Germany, which parallels the troubling swell of racist atrocities in other European countries, as well as the U.S., over the last decadin nationalistic hate crimes in Germany, which parallels the troubling swell of racist atrocities in other European countries, as well as the U.S., over the last decadin Germany, which parallels the troubling swell of racist atrocities in other European countries, as well as the U.S., over the last decadin other European countries, as well as the U.S., over the last decade.

When our film opens, he is interviewing a third world kid about torture and other atrocities happening in the kid's homeland.

Other highlights in this section include: the European Premiere of Choi Dong - hoon's colourful period bullet opera, ASSASSINATION; the European Premiere of Daniel Junge's thrill - a-minute BEING EVEL about the legendary daredevil Robert Craig «Evel» Knievel; the European Premiere of David Farr's crafty and suspenseful study in paranoia, THE ONES BELOW starring David Morrissey and Clémence Poésy; Atom Egoyan's latest drama REMEMBER, offering a provocative study of the nature of evil as well as serving as a stark reminder of the atrocities of 20th century history, starring Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau; Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna's gripping documentary STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN & LE MANS, featuring unseen archive footage, contemporary interviews and previously unheard commentary from McQueen himself; Stephen Fingleton's thrilling, post-apocalyptic debut THE SURVIVALIST; Sebastian Schipper's exhilarating one - shot sensation, VICTORIA; and THE WAVE, Roar Uthaug's high - octane and nerve - shredding portrayal of a potential catastrophe.

Other films that look at the atrocities of the Holocaust include: Paper Clips, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Jakob the Liar.

I loved her performance when I was in the 9th grade... and when I watched it again recently, I literally had to turn away from the TV screen... her performance was so obnoxious it literally made me nervous... I had to smoke about three cigarettes after that atrocity... talk about feeling guilty after snubbing her the past 2 years... but frankly I do not believe her other performances in Chicago and Bridget Jones's Diary deserved an Oscar...

Only 18 other movies have ever earned the total failure designation, and those titles include the Lindsay Lohan horror vehicle «I Know Who Killed Me,» the Nicolas Cage atrocity «The Wicker Man» and the Meg Ryan erotic thriller «In the Cut.»

Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne details the Comanche tribe violence and the violence committed against them and captures the clashing of two different cultures and how both side committed horrible atrocities against each other in an attempt to obliterate the tribe and its life style.

Meanwhile, Kengor found little mention of Japan's treatment of POWs and other Japanese atrocities in the war, in particular the rape and murder of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Nanking in 1937.

Survivor testimonies — firsthand accounts from individuals who lived through genocide and other atrocities — help students more deeply appreciate and empathize with the human and inhuman dimensions of important moments in history.

My friends in other cities speak about the new war, the roots of this atrocity and its relationship to other atrocities around the globe; they worry over the notion of «evil,» whether it's a reality or a concept with no use in the public sphere.