News & Analysis (7/11/16)

The University Chaplain of Duke University makes a statement in support of Black Americans and their struggle for justice in the United States, including a call for reform within the Muslim ummah in general and within Muslim Student Associations in particular:

Despite all the seemingly ubiquitous Islamophobic Rhetoric, a Brookings Institution poll shows the American perception of Muslims is improving, especially in the wake of the Orlando attack:

A former member of the religious police in Saudi Arabia is interviewed about religion in the kingdom. Other figures are also consulted:

Yet again, the niqab becomes an object of debate in Western countries. This time, allowing it to be a reason for the termination of employment:

In Australia, a Muslim woman has been elected to parliament for the first time, and the second Muslim overall:

These girls describe the multi-faceted issues of acceptance many young American Muslims face, through slam poetry:

The ICJ ruling “that Israel’s wall, as well as its settlements, violate the Fourth Geneva Convention … helps to underscore the prejudicial nature of the discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Western mainstream media and particularly in the U.S.”:

“It is difficult with some of these countries to know exactly what is government funding and what is not when you are dealing with royal families, wealthy princes and those kind of things”:

“In practice, the law will affect liberal groups almost exclusively because hawkish groups in Israel largely rely on donations from wealthy individuals, which are exempt”:


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