Author: Nabila Alkibsi

While other Muslim-American’s issue statements demanding justice for George Floyd, Keith Ellison does something about it: Americans Want Justice for George Floyd. Keith Ellison Is in Charge of Getting It (Washington Post) “Erdogan … learned by experience that getting the United States on board by making Trump his personal friend is easier than any other…

As the July 1st, a date set for annexation, approaches, Netanyahu is facing growing resistance from Israeli lawmakers, activists, and religious groups concerned about Palestinians’ right and global approval and alliance … Besides Palestinians, Israelis Have Qualms About West Bank Annexation Plans (NPR) … meanwhile, Israeli violation of the International law leaves Palestinians with few…

Since 9/11 thousands of US law enforcement officers “including agents from the FBI, CIA, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – have been schooled” in Israeli tactics under far-right Israeli lobby sponsorship … How the US and Israel Exchange Tactics in Violence and Control (Al-Jazeera) … but Israeli brutality against Palestinians is rarely brought to justice:…

The International Refugee Assistance Project plans to appeal, their attorney saying that the District Court’s three judge “panel definitely got the legal issues wrong” : Court Orders Dismissal of Trump Muslim Travel Ban Challenges (WWBT) Only JCPOA participants may call for a snap back of UN sanctions, and after Trump’s withdrawal, the U.S. is no longer…

Although US denied on Tuesday any prisoner swap with Iran, the release of White, a US Navy veteran, came “a day after an Iranian scientist held by the American authorities was returned to Iran”: Iran Frees Navy Veteran Held for Two Years (NY Times) After a Muslim group endorsed Biden, a Muslim grad student in…

Boston Muslims know what it is like to fight for equality, calling all minorities to rally around all sorts of racism: George Floyd Is Our Fight, Too: A Muslim Perspective (Morocco World News) When they retrieved their watermelons that fell into a dry open drain, the government charged them with “malignant act likely to spread…

European and US policymakers find Trump’s Iran policies counterproductive; keeping inside the Non-Proliferation Treaty would provide better safeguards on Iran’s nuclear program: France, UK, Germany ‘Regret’ US End to Three Iran Nuclear Waivers (Al-Jazeera) Who Are The Secret Puppet-Masters Behind Trump’s War on Iran? (Pressenza International) A vessel was displayed “at a ceremony to introduce…

“The appointment is just the latest in a series of Trump administration moves that are raising concerns it is undermining USAID’s ability to fulfill its mission”: New USAID Religious-freedom Adviser Has History of Anti-Islam Comments (Washington Post) Raffia Arashad, who was appointed a Deputy District Judge on the Midlands Circuit last week cites the “Imposter…

Pakistan’s president draws a parallel between Kashmir and the Palestinian struggle, saying: “the Israeli state is doing to the Palestinians what Nazis did in the 1930s and India has taken a leaf from the Israeli playbook”: ‘Kashmiris, Palestinians Need Unity of Purpose’ (Anadolu Agency) The Vatican warns of consequences of annexation … Holy See Reaffirms…

The virtual meeting joint statement of the four countries: they support the initiative of the UN Secretary-General of the ceasefire and call for a ceasefire throughout Afghanistan: Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran Join Hands for Afghan Truce (Express-Tribune) A week after he protested the “growing tide of Islamophobia in India, … his house was raided…