Month: July 2018

  • News and Analysis (7/11/18)

    “The new law is part of a broader ‘ghetto package‘ designed to force immigrants living in 25 mostly Muslim enclaves to assimilate”: In Denmark, Controversial Assimilation Laws Target Muslim Immigrants (WBUR) If Germany prevents the Iranian’s from withdrawing their own money just to placate the U.S., “it could mean the collapse of the Iran nuclear…

  • Interview by Reza Saiedi on Iranian-American Relations

    [This is the text of free-lance journalist Reza Saedi’s interview with Minaret of Freedom Institute president Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad on Iranian-American relations.] Q. Please comment: US sanctions have a direct impact on the Iranian civilian population– limiting medical and research supplies, limiting machinery used to maintain civilian transportation systems, etc. While such actions are criticized by…

  • News and Analysis (7/9/18)

    It is a war crime for an occupying power to transfer its “civilian population into occupied territory. Passing the bill would simply mean that Ireland is moving to modify its domestic legislation to comply with its third-state obligations” … An Irish Bill on Israeli Settlement Goods Could Make History (Al-Jazeera) … Palestinians refuse to bow to…

  • News and Analysis (7/6/18)

    “[T]he sheer cruelty — the scope of the violation of human, i.e., natural individual, rights — of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians warrants the concern of all who favor freedom and other (classical) liberal values: justice, social cooperation, free exchange, and peace” … Why Does Palestine Matter? (Counterpunch) … but Trump and Kushner want the…

  • News and Analysis (7/4/18)

    “Muslims arrived initially as explorers and as slaves, and later as farmers, factory workers, and small-business owners. The first freestanding mosques were constructed in the middle of the country, in North Dakota initially and then in Iowa”: Our Founders Showed Greater Respect for Islam Than Trump and the Supreme Court (The Nation) The hypocrisy of…

  • News & Analysis (7/1/18)

    Arabs need someone to reform society rather than religion, “who uses the popular legitimacy and the authority of religion to promote social and political change” more “Martin Luther King Jr. more than a Martin Luther”: The Middle East: History Threatens to Repeat Itself (Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer) First Palestinian protest will be held…

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