Latest BBC poll shows polarization, but possibility for a ‘middle ground’ between Muslims and Westerners:
- The Middle Ground on Islam and West (BBC News)
Middle East professor Juan Cole gives his analysis and opinion on why Muqtada As-Sadr most likely did not flee to Iran and provides a link to the draft law on Iraqi oil money:
- Security Plan Mocked by Massive Explosions, Al-Hashimi Seeks “Terrorist” Status for Sadr Movement (Juan Cole.com)
The effects of the Iraq military distraction:
- Al Qaeda’s Leaders Rebuilding Network in Pakistan (International Herald Tribune)
Attack on Indian train bound for Pakistan part of a “conspiracy… to disturb the peace process between India and Pakistanâ€
- Rail Attack in India Kills Scores (Associated Press)
Fascism Watch: Editorial calls for the repeal of a passed provision giving greater executive authority to declare martial law in America
- Making Martial Law Easier (New York Times/International Herald Tribune)
“What could have been done to Mr. Padilla in those seventy-two, or so, hours that the government turned off the camera when for almost four years every one of Mr. Padilla’s bowel movements were videotaped?” – Defense lawyer Anthony Natale
- Was Jose Padilla Tortured by US Military? (Christian Science Monitor)
“While it is dispiriting to read about the bungling overzealousness of a government that has more often treated American Muslims as part of the problem of Islamic extremism than as part of the solution, there is nevertheless something oddly hopeful in Hussayen’s unflinching faith that the rights and freedoms for which the United States has for centuries been admired throughout the world would ultimately protect him from harm”–Reza Aslan reviews Paul Barrett’s new book:
- Being a Muslim American (Washington Post)
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