Instead of heeding intelligence from Muslims as to who is dangerous, the bureaucracy prefers to subject those with Muslim names to “administrative processing” delaying their visas:
- Travelers with Muslim Names Find Themselves Fighting for U.S. Visas (Washington Post)
In a move described as “part political gimmick and part public relations masterstroke,” Sadr calls for an unauthorized national vote to select Iraq’s next Prime Minister…
… Meanwhile, the “Security Council has called on all Iraqi political parties ‘to respect the certified election results and the choices of the Iraqi people’ and ‘to avoid inflammatory rhetoric and actions’”:
- UN backs Iraq Election Results (Al Jazeera)
Factors including the increasing number “of American-born Muslims have triggered a call for spiritual leaders rooted in U.S. culture, [yet] most American mosques are led” by foreigners not fluent in English:
- American Muslim Finds Obstacles in Quest to Become an Imam (Washington Post)
With China agreeing to draft “a UN resolution imposing measures aimed at persuading Tehran to curb its nuclear” program, President Obama announces that he hopes to have a sanctions package in place within “weeks”:
The sultan has substituted “three weeks of community service … at a children’s home” for the caning, but the “former model … now feels the [original] punishment should have been carried out”:
- Malaysian Ruler Commutes Caning Sentence for Woman (AP/ NY Times)
Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency has asked the Swiss to reinstate charges of money laundering against President Zardari:
- Reopening of Zardari Case Ordered (Al Jazeera)
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