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:

“[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 … [but] you don’t want to participate in advancing propaganda” — a frustrated former Google exec:

The Qur’an gives women get 1/3rd of the inheritance and men 2/3rds because men have financial responsibility. But Dahlia Eissa objects that we live in a world where men get both more inheritance and less financial responsibility:

The +972 Magazine says that IDF is tracking the use of words such as “demonstration” and “Al-Quds” on Facebook:

After criticism from rights groups, the law that would jail journalists that contradicted the government when reporting terrorism, will now “only” fine them $25000-65000:

“As a Muslim, my faith mandates that I stand up against injustice and that I should fear no one but God and I take this tenet of my faith very seriously;” only “when Black lives matter all lives will matter, including Muslim lives”:

WikiLeaks Cables revealed that Saudi Arabia has been trying to undermine Iran and “restrict the Iranian government in expanding its Shiite influence” throughout the region through checkbook diplomacy:

An educational cartoon series about what is important with Ramadan, making Ramadan an opportunity to take a “break from the negativity and sarcasm he often finds on social media and focus on the positive”:


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