Are American Muslims under attack in the wake of Trump’s victory? Well, yes and no …
… “After Trump’s victory, non-Muslim allies let their Muslim and Sikh friends know they’re loved and supported”:
- Your Muslim and Sikh Neighbors Need You Now More than Ever (Huffington Post)
“An American drone strike thought to have struck Islamist militants in Somalia actually killed 10 members of a regional force allied with the United States, according to results of a Pentagon investigation” yet to be made public:
- After Initial Denial, Pentagon Discovers It Killed 10 Allies in Drone Strike in Somalia (Washington Post)
The protests have been “dubbed the “revolution of the poor” and authorities have accused Islamist groups like the banned Muslim Brotherhood of engineering the protests to cause chaos”:
- Anticipating Riots, Egypt Beefs Up Security (AP / abc News)
“Obama has come to prioritize the counterÂterrorism mission in Syria over efforts to pressure President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, as al-Nusra is among the most effective forcesÂÂ battling the Syrian government”:
- Obama Directs Pentagon to Target Al-Qaeda Affiliate in Syria, One of the Most Formidable Forces Fighting Assad (Washington Post)
“The state which is built upon the ethnic cleansing of the majority of the indigenous Palestinian people is inching its way towards banning the call for prayer”:
- Israel’s Ban on the Muslim Call to Prayer in Jerusalem Is the Tip of the Iceberg (Global Research)
- Israel ‘Arm-twists’ Artists to Perform in Settlements (Jonathan Cook)
“Ebrahim Sharif of the Waad Party, who himself has been detained by the island’s Sunni rulers, said he hoped the Prince of Wales brought up human rights issues behind closed doors with leaders here”:
- Bahrain Opposition Leader Fears ‘Whitewash’ of Crackdown (AP / abc News)
“[M]ore than 110,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants have been suspended or dismissed and 36,000 formally arrested in a crackdown that President Tayyip Erdogan’s critics say is quashing legitimate opposition”:
“Although Afghanistan will likely have a difficult time caring for the potential influx of approximately 2.5 million refugees, Afghanistan’s president says that he welcomes their return”:
- ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Gula Returns Home After Deportation from Pakistan (Christian Science Monitor)
Leave a Reply