Federal prosecutors’ tactics against Padilla backfire as their key witness, paints a “less menacing†portrait of events and facts relevant to the case:
- At Padilla Terror Trial, a Witness’s Surprise Effect (Christian Science Monitor)
Profitable in this life and the Hereafter: A look at socially responsible investing in accordance with Islamic ethical norms
- A Market Edge for Muslims (Christian Science Monitor)
Australian detainee gets to leave US custody and serve the last 9 months of his sentence, but agrees to muzzle his right to appeal or sue and drop allegations of mistreatment at Guantanamo:
- Guantanamo Detainee Returns to Australia (Washington Post)
Iranian women take political matters into their hands and abandon main reformist organization to form their party, citing sexism within former organization’s ranks:
- Iran: Women Abandon Khatami’s Party to Found New Movement (Adnkronos International)
In response to religious vigilantes’ abduction of four police officers, Pakistani security forces detain 40 religious extremists and prepare for crackdown on mosque holding detained officers:
- 40 Muslim Extremists Held in Pakistan (Reuters/Los Angeles Times)
Armenia finds itself caught politically and strategically between a rock and a hard place as US-Iran saber rattling continues:
- Another Theater for US-Iran Fallout: the South Caucasus (Christian Science Monitor)
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