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Veil or not to veil-that is the question?

With the coming up of the elections, the Dutch government has decided to propose ban on the burqua as it disrupts public order, citizens and safety. Rita Verdonk, the Immigration Minister is of the view that in order to promote integrity and harmony among the people its essential to see and identify each other which [...]

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Historian documents Japan’s role in sex slavery

Japanese government’s claim that their military were not hand in glove with the running of brothels throughout Asia during World War II has been rebuffed by a historian. Yoshiaki Yoshimi, a history professor at Chuo University in Tokyo, cross checked the official documents from the 1930s in the Defense Agency’s library. And he discovered some [...]

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