Here are your weekly Peace Links!  Lots of news coming in this week – violence in South Sudan, tension is Israel, and more.

I already tweeted this on Tuesday, but I think it is important news that I haven’t heard much about (too busy covering the GOP contest no doubt!).  Here’s the gist: “…the world’s newest nation is grappling with a virus of tribal violence.” Read the rest of Sudarsan Raghavan’s report at The Washington Post.

And here is another story we’ve been following – tension in Israel between religious and …

Salma Elkadi Abugideiri
USA 
“We as Muslims should be the forerunners in the domestic violence movement, because our religion mandates us to stand for justice and to stand against oppression of any kind.”
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Connection Point Manager Yasmina Mrabet interviewed Salma Elkadi Abugideiri, Co-Director of the Peaceful Families Project, about her work addressing domestic violence issues in American Muslim communities. Her responses are below.
What led you to focus your work on combating domestic violence in American Muslim communities in particular?
I am a mental health professional by training and it was my intention as a …

Danielle Prince
Cambodia/United States
Editor’s Note: Danielle Prince, who has written for Voices before about violence in Sudan, reports now from Cambodia.  Danielle, along with Ashlee Larsen, a Brigham Young graduate student, accompanied Stirring the Fire founder Phil Borges as he documented the work of Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity. This piece is reposted from the Stirring the Fire blog.  All photos are taken by Danielle.

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Our small team, consisting of Phil (head photographer/film-maker), Ashlee (recent graduate in photography), and me (scribe/blogger), traveled to two women’s houses to meet them and document their stories. …

Samah Salaime
Samah Salaime spoke with Connection Point Project Manager Najuan Daadleh about  how “the childhood trauma which resulted from [witnessing honor killings], along with [her] professional background as a social worker …” led her to found Na`am, an organization that works to end honor killings.
When I was in the ninth grade, I remember the first woman who was killed in my village. She was 15 years old and her father forced her to drink poison. They claimed that it was something to do with honor. At around the same time, …