In an “‘unusual order’ [that] questions the patriotism of the minority [Muslim] community[, the]Â government recently directed all madrassas to hold celebrations on Independence Day and videograph the event”:
- UP Govt Orders Madrassas to Record Independence Day Celebrations: Muslim Clerics Evoke Mixed Response (First Post)
Mysogeny is the problem. A  2014 study  “of the 940 suspects whose race could be identified, 26% were Asian, 38% were white” but almost all were men:
“[A]lmost invariably, the girl’s testimony that she exercised her right as an adult to marry settles the case,” but their families refuse to respect the young women’s agency …
- Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow (The Atlantic)
… while a South African Muslim woman finds people refusing to accept that people refuse to believe she would be a Muslim when she is not married to a foreign national:
- The Pain of Being Black and Muslim (Sunday Times)
The app includes the option to choose a “Wali†to oversee “all conversations between … potential matches, to make sure nothing inappropriate happens”:
- Dating App Merges New Tech with Old-school Muslim Values (Mercury-News)
“I don’t want to use the term ‘politically correct,’ I want to use ‘decent.’ We need to get back to decency. If you have nothing nice to say, go scream it in a mirror at yourself”:
Evert since France’s military intervention into Mali “AQIM and related Islamist groups …Â have … gradually expanded their reach, launching high-profile attacks on Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast”:
“[T]he threat to civilians where ISIS still has strongholds had ‘increased dramatically’”:
- In ‘Liberated’ Mosul, ISIS Still Imperils the Path to City’s Revival (Christian Science Monitor)
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