Month: July 2015

  • News and Analysis (7/18/15)

    Muhammad Youssuf Abdulazeez spouted Muslim jargon, but his shooting spree in Chattanooga on Thursday violated Islamic teachings as indisputably as his arrest for driving under the influence last April: How Ways to Catch a ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorist Failed in Chattanooga Shooting (Christian Science Monitor) In a world where crimes are made in the name of…

  • News and Analysis (7/16/15)

    The US increases airstrikes in Afghanistan, impeding the possibility of peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghani government: U.S. Steps Up Airstrikes in Afghanistan, Even Targeting ISIS (NY Times) “[A]n ISIS video of hostages being beheaded is both an act of propaganda and is itself a fact…. [Y]ou don’t want to suppress the facts ……

  • News and Analysis (7/15/15)

    “Obama spoke in a lawyerly tone, at times mocking opponents of the deal, including … Netanyahu, for offering no viable alternative. He dismissed critics’ objections one by one and even solicited others from journalists”: Obama: Iran Deal Is Only Alternative to More Mideast War (Reuters) With a nuclear deal with Iran negotiated, Ian Black assess…

  • News and Analysis (7/14/15)

    A nuclear deal with Iran has been reached and will now be voted on in Congress. The deal has stirred up heavy opposition from the Israeli government and Christian Zionist in Congress: Iran Deal Reached, Obama Hails Step Toward ‘More Hopeful World’ (Reuters) The reason Scotland’s Muslims are less likely to support extremism than their English…

  • “Islamic Chaplaincy and Animal Rights”

    [This is the eleventh in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Islamic Law and Ethics held in Herndon, VA in June  2014. These notes are NOT a transcript, but a lightly edited presentation of  my perception of the discussion. The proceedings will be published by IIIT at a later time.…

  • News and Analysis (7/13/15)

    “[W]e now treat each refugee on the grounds of their race, religion or purpose of flight (“migration”). We do not treat them as human beings. And thus we betray all our religions and all our cultures”: First Rule of Refugees – Don’t Be a Muslim If You Want Help (Independent) Chinese government is restricting minorities’…

  • News and Analysis (7/11/15)

    “[T]he new law has been criticised as a direct assault on freedom of speech and a move towards a police state” and “280 academics, lawyers and public figures claim the controversial law will make Britain less safe”: Government Deradicalisation Plan Will Brand Muslims with Beards as Terrorists, Say Academics (Independent) “A split has sharpened in…

  • News and Analysis (7/9/15)

    “Andrew Harper, the UNHCR chief in Jordan, emphasized that countries involved had to figure out ways to keep the Syrian refugees productive[, saying,] “We do not want to warehouse the refugee population of four million”: More Than Four Million Refugees Have Fled From Syria, UN Says (Christian Science Monitor) Thailand receives heavy criticism from UN…

  • News and Analysis (7/8/15)

    The decision to let Robert Doggart, who threatened to conduct a terrorist attack against Muslims, out of custody highlights the different ways Muslims and non-Muslims are treated in the criminal justice system … Robert Doggart, Man Who Allegedly Plotted to Kill Muslims, Indicted on Federal Charges (Huffington Post) … and another man gets no jail time for…

  • News and Analysis (7/7/15)

    “We want for others what we want for ourselves: the right to worship without intimidation, the right to safety, and the right to property”: Muslim Non-profits Are Raising Money to Rebuild Black Churches Because “All Houses of Worship Are Sanctuaries” (Quartz) Whenever Americans are killed by Muslims, it is blown up by the mainstream media,…

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