“Although many of the cases brought under the country’s much criticised blasphemy laws are thought to be spurious, the Rimsha case is thought to be the first time in the more than two decades since the laws were introduced that someone has been arrested for fabricating evidence”:
Free to decide whether to wear a headscarf or not, journalist Fatma Nabil, once banned from state TV for her choice of attire announces, “Now the standards have nothing to do with the veil, which is a personal choice, but are all about professional skills and intellectâ€:
- Veiled Woman Reads News for First Time on Egyptian State Television After Islamists Drop Ban (AP / Washington Post)
For the Palestinian teenage mayor, jobs are priority one. “Many people from Allar are crossing the Green Line [entering Israel illegally] to work… Instead of them going to work as cheap labour in Israel, we need to create jobs here”:
- Palestinian Town Gets New Mayor, Aged 15 (Guardian)
Denying that he ever called for the murder of President Morsi,
The good people who brought  you the Scopes Trial point “to the Muslim woman hired in Tennessee’s economic development office as evidence of an ‘infiltration’ of Islam in government”:
- Fears About Shariah Law Take Hold In Tennessee (KPLU/ NPR)
Delayed but not defeated, despite American sanctions and Israeli threats against Iran’s nuclear industry, the Bushehr energy plant is now at full capacity of a billion kilowatts to run the nation’s factories and light its homes …
- Iran Nuclear Reactor Reaches ‘Full Capacity’ (AL-Jazeera)
… and despite IAEA complaints of a continuing lack of cooperation, Iran spins the NAM to claim it is not isolated, but overshoots the mark by translating “Syria” as “Bahrain” in Egyptian President Morsi’s denunciation  of repression in the former country …
- With Latest IAEA Report in Hand, UN Chief Slams Iran for Lack of Cooperation (Christian Science Monitor)
- NAM Summit: Iran Attempts to Prove Western Efforts to Isolate It Have Failed (Christian Science Monitor)
- Bahrain: Iran Translation Sidestepped Syria (AP / abc News)
- What About Israel’s Nuclear Weapons? (Washington Post)
Israel has “severely hampered the ability of Palestinians to use and access their land and other natural resources in the region. The presence of settlers who directly utilise and profit from the Dead Sea wealth has severely exacerbated this situation and contributed to the over-exploitation of the area, resulting in severe environmental damage”:
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