At the Republican National Convention, Rudy Giuliani stands by his disastrous surveillance of Mosques in the New York area, and fails to name any leads the surveillance produced:
The United States wants Turkey to provide proof that Gulen was involved in the Coup …
- Turkey’s Erdogan Mounts His Own Political Coup (Washington Post)
… and Erdogan’s attempts to use the coup to strengthen his grip on the country may backfire …
- El Mercurio Interview on the Failed Coup in Turkey (Minaret of Freedom Institute)
… and some evidence points to Erdogan’s advance knowledge of the coup, and his allowance of the attempt in order to  …
The “scholars” who banned chess as gambling update a similar 16-year ban on the Pokemon card game to include the banning of Pokemon Go, while the Deputy Head of Egypt’s al Azhar likens it to an intoxicant:
- Fatwa No. 21,758: Saudi Clerics Ban Pokemon Go (USA Today)
“We hope that this sends a global message that the barbarity touches the whole world and that the people here, the victims, are not those who commit the crimes in Syria and Iraq:”
- A Third of Nice Terror Attack’s Dead Were Muslim, Group Says (New York Times)
After more terror attacks in Nice and Wurzberg show the problems Muslim youth are facing with misinformation regarding Islam. Some in Germany are hoping to improve that …
… “These terror attackers are susceptible to IS propaganda because they lack the basic historical and contextual understanding of the faith:”
- We Need More Islam to Counter the So-Called Islamic State (Middle East Eye)
The fact Islam is a religion and not a race, doesn’t stop Islamophobes from racializing their attacks on the religion as the painting of anti-Arab slurs on Sikh temples demonstrates:
The author argues that the shift to increase support for Israel is due to the large need for campaign donations as the candidates shift into the general election:
- In the U.S., Money Talks when it Comes to Israel (Jonathan Cook)
Muslims are registering to vote in increasing numbers. 70% are registered as Democrats:
- US Muslim Leaders Call on More Muslims to Vote (Christian Science Monitor)
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