In response to tit-for-tat attacks between Israelis and Gazan Palestinians, Israel has collectively punished the entire strip first by choking off trade and now declaring it an “enemy entity†and cutting off its fuel and power supplies, meanwhile some analysts speculate that the recent attack in Syria was a dry run for later possible operations against Iran:
- Rice: U.S. Won’t Abandon Palestinians (Associated Press/Washington Post)
- Israel Sends Middle East a Message With Syrian Airstrike (Christian Science Monitor)
Trial over illegal kidnapping and case of mistaken identity of Muslim vacationer by the CIA will shape the future boundaries of invoking “state secrets privilege†in courts:
- Did CIA Kidnap Vacationer? It’s a State Secret. (Christian Science Monitor)
“As far as I’m concerned, the Muslim anti-Semites and those [Islamophobes] who want them to win are on the same side of the faith divide.â€â€”Eboo Patel, Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core
- On Muslim Antisemitism (Newsweek/Washington Post)
A congregant is charged with lying to avoid losing his job over his association with a fiery local Muslim leader who walks up to line between free speech and incitement without crossing it:
- Case Against Ex-Guard Brings Scrutiny of D.C. Imam (Washington Post)
The defense and prosecutors make their closing arguments in the Holy Land Foundation trial:
- Lawyers for Islamic Charity Urge Jurors to Ignore Politics (Washington Post)
- Prosecutors Say Texas Charity Hid Its Terrorist Ties (Houston Chronicle)
Couched in drive to replace military constitution with new legal texts based on individual rights in accordance with EU standards, Turkish PM Erdogan seeks to lift ban of the female headscarves at public universities:
- PM Calls For End To Headscarf Ban (Adnkronos International)
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