News and Analysis (5/6/15)

“Geller and her claque pretend that they are the beleaguered defenders of a dire threat to 1st Amendment guarantees of free speech … [but] the exhibition’s honored guest was … Geller ally Geert Wilders — an avid book-banner. The Dutch politician has tried hard to have the Koran outlawed in the Netherlands” …

… while Muslim leaders defend free speech of and condemn violence against “xenophobic groups who mock marginalized communities” …

… and “Muslimgirl.net responded to the campaign by promoting its own Draw Muhammad campaign, in which it invited strangers to draw a friend named Muhammad as a celebration of the human connections people have to “Muhammad” — the most common name in the world”:

“The notice, obtained by RFA and posted on Twitter, ordered all restaurants and supermarkets in Aktash to sell … alcohol and cigarettes and display them prominently. ‘Anybody who neglects this notice and fails to act will see their shops sealed off, their businesses suspended, and legal action … against them’”:

“My tomatoes are Spanish, and so are the potatoes I sell. Please explain this to me! Do I need to sell pork to be a ‘traditional Spanish business’? Do I need to sell wine?” — Kouari Benzawi, kebab shop owner:

A “U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, said police, acting on a ‘baseless accusation,’ were armed with assault rifles and accompanied by dogs when they used a battering ram … to break down the door of the home … [in a] ‘military-style’ raid” over  “a $300 camera that he knew nothing about”:

“No evidence yet shared with the public suggests that the two men killed by a security officer when they opened fire on a building hosting a ‘Draw Muhammad’ contest were hardened Islamic State operatives. They pledged fealty to the Islamic State in a tweet minutes before the attack”:

“U.S. and European negotiators want any easing of U.N. sanctions to be automatically reversible – negotiators call this a “snapback” – if Tehran fails to comply with terms of a deal. Russia and China traditionally dislike such automatic measures”:

“The Edmonton Police Service in Alberta, Canada, has reached out to Isse, the 29-year-old Somali-American who said she dropped out of the Columbus police academy this year because she was prohibited from wearing her head scarf, or hijab”:


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