As the now-deposed head of Egyptian security goes on trial for the murder of protesters, a poll hints at the role of resentment at U.S. policies in the pro-democracy demonstrations:
- Poll: Egyptians Have Unfavorable View of U.S., Are Divided on Fundamentalists (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
“Human rights groups have accused Bahrain of arresting patients and medical staff suspected of taking part in protests, and sacking hundreds of public workers” and Iran is hinting at retaliation:
- Bahrain Expels Iranian Diplomat (Reuters)
After ten years the Religious Liberty and Incarcerated Persons Act still faces challenges like Judge Wilson’s ruling that, “Though it is quite clear that an inmate cannot secret weapons or contraband in a 1/8 inch beard, it is not clear than an inmate cannot change his appearance by shaving it, or identify himself as the member of a gang by growing it”:
- Judge Sides with Virginia Prison System in Lawsuit by Muslim Inmate Who Wanted 1/8-inch Beard (Washington Post)
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who the U.S. claims is a prized source of information, “allegedly told his interrogators” that the Guantanamo detainee “was behind a … grenade attack on a church in Islamabad, which killed five people … [and] an attack on a church in Pakistan … which killed three children,” yet he was never tried:
Rachid Ghannouchi insists that extremism “extremism “isn’t a legitimate child of Islam” and that “Islam marries well with democracy”:
- Tunisian Islamist Leader Says Muslims Must Reject Extremism, Restore Islam’s Image (AP / Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
“We’re going to see a growing fissure between the informal opposition (street protesters) and the formal opposition” — Shadi Hamid, director of the Brookings Doha Center:
“We all hoped that if a woman cannot get justice from the police, maybe she can get it from the courts…. Now, I don’t know where they should turn†— Mukhtar Mai, alleged victim of revenge rape:
- Pakistani Case Shows Limits of Women’s Rights (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
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