Once the DoD’s top legal gunslinger, Col. Morris Davis recently testified under oath that the Pentagon and Bush administration seek convictions in its kangaroo courts to score political points, not administer justice:
- From Chief Prosecutor To Critic at Guantanamo (Washington Post)
Social and economic discrimination of European Muslims lead to a disproportionate incarceration rate in France and other European countries:
- In France, Prisons Filled With Muslims (Washington Post)
Call for religious reformists’ death by extremist clerics are interpreted by some to signal diminishing influence of hardliners in Saudi Arabia…
- In Saudi Arabia, Moderate Article on Islam Draws Death Fatwa (Christian Science Monitor)
…meanwhile members of a violent fringe test Indonesia’s religious tolerance and pluralism by attacking mosques belonging to a heterodox sect of Muslims:
- Indonesians Torch Muslim Sect’s Mosque (Associated Press/Washington Post)
Iranian director Nader Talebzadeh’s flick on the life of Jesus (PBUH) as a fully human prophet, rather than Divine, attempts to initiate more religious dialog:
- An Iranian’s Vision of Jesus’ Life Stirs Debate (Los Angeles Times)
A former TV producer claims network TV’s bias toward military experts distorted the debate over Iraq and helped push the country into war:
- Military Propaganda Pushed Me Off TV (Huffington Post)
Iraq acknowledges Iranian military aid to militias, but also tells Washington to back down from its belligerent tone toward Tehran and pursue quiet diplomacy instead:
- Iraq Jumps Into U.S.-Iran Tussle (Los Angeles Times)
After earlier reports of Taliban and Pakistani government negotiators nearly coming to a deal, Taliban militants pull out of talks, citing “foreign forces†undermining peace talks:
- Pakistani Taliban Chief Pulls Out of Peace Talks (Reuters/Wiredispatch)
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