While John Kerry kids himself into believing a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute can ignore UN Res. 194, Khaled Mashaal demonstrates his own naivete by “seeking to transform his Islamic militant movement that rules Gaza into a widely recognized political force …without making concessions toward Israel needed for international acceptance”:
- Analysis: Hamas Chief Seeks Wider Regional Role in New Term, but No Concessions to Israel (Washington Post)
Whatever your opinion on the morality of drone strikes may be, it’s hard to argue their effectiveness against the man who was reported to have been killed by one:
- Al-Qaida’s No. 2 in Yemen Slams US Drone Strikes (AP / Yahoo)
Amina Tyler helps advance liberation of Muslim women when she bares her breasts about as much as the guy in the trench coat out by the schoolyard helps advance the liberation of Western men when he flashes his private parts:
- Muslim Women vs. FEMEN: Topless Protests Inspired by Amina Tyler Seen as Counterproductive by Mideast Feminists  (Huffington Post)
“The Buddhist monk grabbed a young Muslim girl and put a knife to her neck. ‘If you follow us, I’ll kill her,’ the monk taunted police, according to a witness, as a Buddhist mob armed with machetes and swords chased nearly 100 Muslims in this city in central Myanmar”:
- Special Report: Buddhist Monks Incite Muslim Killings in Myanmar (Reuters / Yahoo)
The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka has called upon moderate Buddhists to help stop the “hate speeches, vilification and even attacks on Muslim-owned businesses and places of worship by Sinhalese-Buddhist nationalist groups” that have been met by inaction “that has spurred allegations that the government supports the campaign, which it denies”:
- U.S. Envoy Alarmed over Anti-Muslim Events in Sri Lanka (AP / Al-Arabiya)
“In my judgment, the 2006 Memorandum by requiring the plaintiff, a non Christian, to remain on parade with his cap off whilst a Christian minister said a prayer, was a violation of the plaintiff’s freedom of religion†— Bahamian Chief Justice:
“I can’t work in public institutions, and now I can’t work in private institutions. What is my future? In my opinion, this is a disastrous law†— an Algerian graduate student:
Syria’s state news agency immediately sought to capitalize on the announcement by declaring it “proves that this opposition was never anything other than a tool used by the West and by terrorists to destroy the Syrian people”:
- Syrian Rebel Group Pledges Allegiance to Al-Qaida (AP / abc News)
No one knows what will happen after the foreigners leave Afghanistan …
… but unless the Taliban is part of the solution, expect a civil war:
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