News and Analysis (5/29/17)

• White Supremacist Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of Two Men After Anti-Muslim Rant in Portland (LA Times)

• Angry, Disaffected Muslim Youth? Don’t Believe the Hype – Look at What They Did After the Manchester Attack (Independent)

• US Admits It Conducted Mosul Air Strike ‘at Location’ Where ‘200’ Civilians Died (Independent)

• New Jersey Muslim Group Sues for Mosque on Ramadan Eve (CNN)

Denying female agency: Some fathers force their daughters to marry while others forcibly break up their daughters’ marriages:

• Kerala HC Cancels Muslim Convert Woman’s Wedding After Father Alleges ISIS Recruitment Plot (News Minute)

“An official of a top clerical body said although the group might trigger a culture clash in a conservative area, he did not feel it broke with Islamic values”:

• Indonesia’s Hijab-Wearing Muslim Metal Group Challenges Stereotypes (US News)

Gulf state leaders relate to Trump’s “personality, his black-and-white outlook on life and … they were relieved he didn’t push them to change how they run their countries”:

• Many in Saudi Arabia Say Trump’s Anti-Islam Talk Was Just a Gimmick (McClatchy / Raw Story)

“80 percent of the [prisoners’] demands” have been met according to Issa Qaraqe, director of the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Commission:

• New Details Released on Agreement to Suspend Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike (Samiddoun)

“More than 90 percent of the land is owned by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). Landowners are not allowed to engage in transactions with non-Jewish citizens”:

• No, Israel Is Not a Democracy (Portside)