A photo taken in St Peter's Square has made her an icon of interfaith dialogue in Indonesia. The young woman is an activist with Gus Durian, a youth movement affiliated with the world's largest moderate Islamic organisation. "It is essential to create opportunities to meet people in other religious contexts."
Criticisms and unresolved issues emerge after an agreement is reached. The Taliban are not happy with it. The various versions differ from one another. Meanwhile, people continue to die in the country.
Violence against businesses run by Syrian refugees has escalated in recent weeks. The government seems to be backpedaling on policies of "Muslim solidarity". Even Istanbul’s new anti-Erdogan mayor uses nationalist slogans.
The Islamic-Christian movement has been conducting educational and human development programs in city prisons for years. Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra (Pime) entrusted the care of the penal colony of San Ramon to Catholic operators and to an imam. The testimony of a prisoner: "Volunteers give us hope".
The causes of recent violence is unknown. The premier says that those responsible for the killings are men from the Hagui, Okiru and Liwi tribes. Local media report at least two incidents in small villages in the Tari-Pori district. The provincial administrator of Hala calls for reinforcements.
The head of the police and the former secretary of defense are the first two heads who fell in the parliamentary inquiry. The April 21 massacres caused the death of 258 people. According to the magistrate, there is not enough evidence to accuse them of "grave crimes against humanity".
