News and Analysis (12/22/17)

Despite the Trump-Haley threats, “128 countries backed the resolution, … nine voted against and 35 abstained. Twenty-one countries did not cast a vote” …

• Defying Trump, over 120 Countries at U.N. Condemn Jerusalem Decision (Reuters)

… with Arab states, knowing that the funds they get are bribes to benefit Israel, not taking the threats seriously …

• Arab States Believe U.S. Aid Secure Despite Defying Trump Jerusalem Move (Reuters)

… and even Mike Pence, an fundamentalist Christian Zionist, admits that military aid to Afghanistan will not be terminated despite its vote against the embassy move:

• Pence Visits Afghanistan, Says U.S. Will ‘See This Through’ (Reuters)

Like Christians, Muslims believe he is the Messiah … [and] in the Immaculate Conception … [but not] that the virgin birth took place on the 25th of December and … there is no tradition in Islam that celebrates the birthday of any prophet”:

• A Very Merry Muslim Christmas (EWN)

International lawyer Kate Cronin-Furman, French President Emmanuel Macron, and columnists for The NY Time Nicholas Kristof and The Washington Post Ishaan Tharoor all agree that this we must dare call it genocide:

• Is It Time for the G-Word in Myanmar? (NY Times)

The award -winning NPR journalist “was mocked on Twitter as a ‘terrorist,’ ‘raghead,’ and ‘jihadi’”:

• Global Journalist: Trump’s Islam Rhetoric Tested NPR Reporter Khalid (KBIA)

A member of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation was found to be writing for the Jihadwatch hate web site:

• Race Relations Board Member Says She’s Been Fired over Writings About Islam (CBC)

” Muslim women’s voices and our bodies are reduced to proxy battlefields by the demonizers and defenders of Muslim men, Neither side cares about women. They are concerned only with one another” – Mona Eltahawy:

• The Perils of #MeToo as a Muslim (The Atlantic)

“[S]he chose to compete ‘because representation is important’. ‘I didn’t take the crown, but it was an amazing experience. I want to inspire other girls to feel beautiful, confident and follow their dreams no matter where they’re from”:

• Muslim Woman Bcomes First Miss Maine Contestant to Wear a Hijab (Independent)

An Indian lawmaker “called the Taj Mahal a blot on Indian culture … [and] another party member offered a bounty for the heads of two people involved in a movie featuring a Muslim sultan”:

• In India, Some Fear Lawmakers Are Stoking Anti-Muslim Fervor (Washington Post)

Farrakhan’s statements are a Rorschach test, called “questionable” by some, but described by Councilwoman Juanita Woods as being “about love, loving each other and taking care of each other peace and living together”:

• Monroe Mayor Gives Nation of Islam Leader Farrakhan Key to City During Meeting (KALB )

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