- Between the Lines: Muslim Americans Setting Campaign Records (Axios)
- Muslim Candidates Run in Record Numbers but Face Backlash (AP / The Reporter)
- Underrepresented in Politics, Muslim Candidates Seek to Become a Force in South Florida (Sun-Sentinel)
- Michigan Lawmaker Suggests Muslim Candidate Faces Hurdles Due To His Faith (Huffington Post)
- Trump, Putin and the Iran Agenda (The Real News)
… meanwhile, by appealing to Joe Walsh’s eagerness to suck up to Israel, comedian Sasha Baron Cohen tricks the radio show host and former Congressman into supporting a ludicrous plan to arm three-year-old children:
- Joe Walsh Explains His Support to Arm Toddlers on ‘Who Is America?’ (Hollywood Reporter)
- Palestine: Unregulated Tobacco Industry on the Rise (Al-Jazeera)
… and in violation of the Geneva conventions Israel has kept bodies in morgues, in military cemeteries and “at the infamous ‘cemeteries of numbers‘”:
“A group of American Jews visiting Israel on a free Birthright trip walked off the tour during a visit to the City of David in Jerusalem to visit a Palestinian family who is facing eviction from their eastern Jerusalem home”
- Another Group Leaves Birthright to Visit Palestinians (JTA / Forward)
There is a “fear that Trump, egged on by the Saudis and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, … may privately offer de facto US recognition of Crimea’s annexation and an easing of Ukraine-related sanctions” for “Putin’s agreement to push Iran out of Syria, thereby safeguarding Israel’s border”:
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted, “Iran is committed to the rule of law in the face of US contempt for diplomacy & legal obligations. It’s imperative to counter its habit of violating int’l law”:
- Iran Takes US to ICJ over Re-imposed Sanctions (Al-Jazeera)
China wields “an iron fist to weed out what it calls “religious extremism†and “separatism†in the wake of deadly unrest, throwing ethnic Uygurs into shadowy re-education camps without due process for minor infractions such as owning a Koran or even growing a beard”:
- Is China’s Atheist Communist Party Trying to Eradicate Islam? (AFP / South China Morning Post)
“The country which is often in the spotlight for its Islamophobic social policies won the ultimate footballing prize with a team that is one-third Muslim”:
- Beautiful Diversity: Football to Spur Social Reform as Muslim Players Shine for France at World Cup (Express Tribune)
“Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki said the city was wrong to use a vaguely-worded policy to bar Muslim kids wearing cotton shirts, shorts and headscarves from the city’s Foster Brown pool”:
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