Along a Brooklyn avenue, a melting pot — and peace;

Rick Hampson
USA Today
NEW YORK — What is it about Coney Island Avenue?
That’s what Brooklyn College sociologist Jerry Krase wonders as he rides the B68 bus along this 5-mile commercial strip, which is populated at various stops by pockets of West Indians, Latinos, Pakistanis, Indians, Orthodox Jews, Chinese, Russians, Israelis and Ukrainians.
How do so many different [...]

Muslims adopt Hindu IDs to escape discrimination in India

Shaikh Azizur Rahman, SPECIAL TO THE STAR
Toronto Star
On a busy street in Calcutta’s business district, he runs a food stall called “Rajib’s Paratha” and is known as Rajib Mallick.
Using the popular Hindu name, no one suspects he is Rajab Ali Mollah, a Muslim who has adopted a fictitious identity to blend in with the neighbourhood’s [...]