It’s bad enough when an “expert” witness on terrorism doesn’t know his subject; how much worse when his biases are withheld from the record:
These Muslim-American siblings write Islamic children’s books, because they want “young Muslims to see themselves in the books they read”:
- Brothers Hope Books Will Help Muslim Kids Hang onto Their Identity (Minnesota Public Radio News)
In entertainment, Maz Jobrani thought he could “play anything,” but instead he is “the latest iteration in Hollywood’s long history of racist casting, reducing his religion and culture to a bunch of villainous, cartoonish psychopaths” …
… while in the world of education, “At a minimum the selectivity and psychology of treating Islam in this way will have a tendency to discourage any better approaches to the subject matter”:
- Educating About Islam: Problems of Selectivity and Imbalance (Counterpunch)
“The trial, which involved more than 30 former Qaddafi-regime officials, is being severely criticized as both unfair and unprofessional. It could also deepen Libya’s political chaos”:
- Qaddafi’s Son Sentenced to Death in Libya, but Court Lacks Custody (Christian Science Monitor)
Mustafa Akyol explains why an honest look at “jurisprudential facts might help Muslims today to develop a more tolerant attitude toward gays,” citing Islamic scholar Ihsan Eliacik’s reminder that “Islam stands with the downtrodden”:
- What Does Islam Say About Being Gay? (New York Times)
Since Syrian Kurds have been aided by the US but targeted by Turkey, it complicates cooperation between the two countries in creating a IS-free zone on the Turkish-Syrian border:
- US, Turkey Look to Create ‘IS-Free’ Zone in Northern Syria (Christian Science Monitor)
“I am sorry that my precious listeners in Iran will be denied my music for sometime, but I will not apologise for performing in Palestine,†says Sami Yusuf’s after his music was banned for performing in Nazareth:
“The U.S. Government, its allies and … apologists constantly propagate standards that have no purpose other than to legitimize all of their violence while de-legitimizing [that of]Â their enemies in the ‘war’they have declared”:
- The Chattanooga Shootings: Can Attacking Military Sites of a Nation at War be “Terrorism� (Intercept)
Recent fatal bombing by Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabab raises fear that their violence is escalating:
- Death Toll Rises to 15 After Truck Bombing in Somalia (Christian Science Monitor)
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