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:
- IDF Monitoring Israeli Social Media Posts for Key Words, Says +972 (Haaretz)
- Exclusive: The IDF is Monitoring What Israeli Citizens Say on Facebook (+972)
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”:
- I Am Muslim and I Am Black Lives Matter (Huffington Post)
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”:
- Muslim Cartoonist Adam Elrashidi Explains Ramadan, From A to Z (Huffington Post)
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