Young Muslims stand up to ISIS in online campaign

Some more positive news which will hopefully have a domino effect, it’ll be interesting to see what overall impact this will have.

Young British Muslims stand up to ISIS in online campaign
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/notinmyname-young-british-muslims-stand-4274392

Australia grants millions in humanitarian aid to Iraq

Good news for support to international communities:

Australia pledges millions in humanitarian aid to Iraq
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sc11571.doc.htm

Australia is “preparing to deploy military forces to support Iraq and would be contributing financially for the needs of women and girls.  An additional $5 million had been contributed to humanitarian needs”.

Kids are indifferent but the parents keep the tension.

Kids are indifferent but the parents keep the tension. Could the parents take the lead from the kids: understand, reconcile and celebrate together and be at peace?

Muslim boy, Ashroff says: “My friends always bring food during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, and I do the same during Eid, this year will be no different – they did not attack our homes, so I do not know why they cannot celebrate with us.”
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/07/riots-eid-sri-lanka-bbs-muslims-20147297574991656.html

Humanitarian: providing Laos with $55.6 million

…and for some positive news which doesn’t have much coverage, we’re providing Laos with $55.6 million for investment into education, roads, economy, trade and development
http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/eastasia/laos/Pages/home.aspx

and the paraphrased version:
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/australia-helps-schooling-in-laos-myanmar/story-e6frfku9-1226978630656