News & Analysis (7/16/16)

After an attempted coup by a faction of the military, the Erdogan government seems back in control, but, blaming the highly secretive but heretofore peaceful Gulen (“Hizmet”) movement for the coup, they will not be dealing with the alleged perpetrators lightly …

• Turkish Forces Thwart Coup Against Erdogan After Crowds Rally (Reuters)

… with Turkish PM Binali Yildirim hinting that they are prepared to go to war with the United States if it continues to shelter Gulen …

• Any Country that Stands by Cleric Gulen Will be at War with Turkey (Reuters)

… and John Kerry says the U.S. will consider the preacher’s extradition:

• US Would Consider Extradition Request for Exiled Cleric (AP / Times Leader)

The French government is still investigating the motives of a 31 year old man who killed 84 in his truck attack in the city of Nice:

• ISIS Claims Responsibility for Nice Terror Attack (Huffington Post)

With apparently no understanding what Sharia is, Newt Gingrich called for the deportation of any Muslim who believes in it:

• A Lesson for Newt Gingrich What Sharia Is (And Isn’t) (New York Times)

So far, after the release of 28 pages from the 9/11 Commission, fears of Saudi government involvement seem unwarranted:

• Pages of 9/11 Report Detailing Possible Saudi Ties Made Public (Reuters)

A summary of the various Islamophobic attacks the United States during Ramadan:

• There Were a lot of Alleged Anti-Muslim Crimes During this Year’s Ramadan (Huffington Post)

Notwithstanding an interfaith coalition assessment that the $50,000 project is “fiscally irresponsible, potentially counterproductive, and ultimately unnecessary” the state legislature with stick Oklahoma taxpayers with the bill for the exercise in McArthyism:

• Oklahoma Lawmaker Who Called Islam “a Cancer” Gets Study on Radical Islam Approved (Buzzfeed)

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