- Is This the Third Intifada? (Guardian)
… “Israel’s Interior Ministry, which oversees municipalities, declined immediate comment on Sunday on the decision, condemned by a party representing the country’s Arab minority as racist”:
- Four Israeli Cities Ban Arab Workers from Schools (Christian Science Monitor)
“The man … allegedly shouted ‘white power’ and ‘kill them all.’ [He] then grabbed the woman by her neck and slammed her head into the table. He then attempted to remove the woman’s headscarf”:
Will giving people a half day off to vote compensate for the state repression that have demoralized voters? …
- Egypt Attempts to Boost Election Turnout with a Half-Day Off (AP / abc News)
- Egypt Begins Long-awaited Parliamentary Election, Early Turnout Low (Reuters)
… “Egypt’s Al-Nour Party leaders hardly referred to religion at a recent rally, a dramatic change for a party that was once one of the strongest advocates for Islamic Shariah law”:
- In Egypt Vote, Ultraconservative Islamists Try Balancing Act (Christian Science Monitor)
“Isis has a strategic game here: it is aware of Turkey’s deep polarisation and, by not taking responsibility for the bombing, it hopes to deepen the chasm and even provoke conflict”:
“US-trained Afghan security forces are facing a reinvigorated Taliban and not always faring well. Casualties among Afghan forces shot up this year. But on the other hand, Afghan forces are widely demonstrating a will to fight”:
- Is the US Mission in Afghanistan ‘Working’? Or Is that Just Spin? (Christian Science Monitor)
Criticized for “her silence over the treatment of Muslims in Rakhine, … Ms Suu Kyi’s remarks were carefully worded…. Muslims have put their hopes in the NLD, even though it did not field a Muslim candidate on its lists of more than 1,100 hopefuls standing in the 8 November election”:
“Jesus never said, ‘Love your neighbor… just not your Muslim ones’ — Former South Carolina governor David Beasley:
- Evangelicals Reject Anti-Muslim Hatred (Huffington Post)
“Harper’s Conservative Party is now vowing to pursue a niqab ban during citizenship ceremonies and to consider a wider ban for all public employees if re-elected. His opponents … have dismissed the niqab issue as a distraction and oppose such bans”:
- Canada Is No Place for Muslim Feminists (Al-Jazeera)
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