The commissioner and his deputy admitted to ” involvement in the film [only] after producer Raphael Shore emailed The Times and provided a date and time of the interview” and “the department was found to be fibbing about how many times the film had been screened“:
- Ray Kelly Admits Involvement With ‘The Third Jihad,’ Anti-Muslim Film Shown To NYPD Officers (Huffington Post)
The exception for “‘thuggery’ … leaves a loophole for police to continue to use exceptional powers to arrest and detain civilians without cause”:
- Egypt’s Military Lifts Emergency Law – with One Big Loophole (Christian Science Monitor)
“The Brotherhood feels little need to push through legislation enforcing an Islamic vision, .. [some] members say, especially since Egyptian society is already deeply religious and conservative. More effective, they say, is influencing the culture. [They] show a confidence that they can … bring the public into their way of life” by example:
- Egypt Islamists on Eve of Power Ease Talk of Islam (Associated Press)
- Will Reform Come to Saudi Arabia? (Al Jazeera English)
“I’ll stay on hunger strike until they open the door to me in my niqab,” Ms Hazzi said. “It covers my face, but not my mind”:
- Burki: Demilitarizing Muslim Politics (CNN Blog)
“Woman, Muslim, marital rape, human right, victim, domestic violence, harassment: all these words are going to come up in net-searches or tags. Add to it a few ahadith and verses from the Quran that seem patriarchal enough and voila! Recipe for a hit, with many comments under it, commending the bravery and valour of the one who dared to bring it up. Let me be clear here, it is not just about Islam, any religion or ethical code will not allow a human being wronged”…
- Don’t Drag Islam into Every Debate (The Express Tribune: Blogs)
…a blog post that adequately responds to the following news “hit”:
- ‘Strict Muslim’ Raped Four Women at Knifepoint to ‘Punish Them for Being on the Streets at Night’Â (Daily Mail)
Muslims who kbnow the accused caution, “Allegations are not facts. Facts are not known yet. As a community, we have known good from both…. We remind the Muslim and non-Muslim community members that, according to the law, both are presumed innocent until proven guilty”:
Things just keep getting worse in Syria:
- Syrian Troops Storm Damascus Suburb (AP / abc News)
- Syria Crisis: Red Crescent Official in Idlib Shot Dead (BBC)
- With Little to Show in Syria, Arab League Turns to UN (Christian Science Monitor)
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