- NJ FBI Official Says NYPD Monitoring of Muslims Caused ‘Risks’ in Terror Investigations (AP / Washington Post)
- Syria’s Deputy Oil Minister Defects to Protest Assad Crackdown (Christian Science Monitor)
- Syrian Rebels Reject Annan’s Call for Dialogue (Reuters)
If the investigation whose targets “include TV personalities Yosri Fouda and Reem Maged, former Google executive Wael Ghonim, the celebrated author Alaa Al Aswany and lawmaker Ziad el-Elaimy, who has refused to apologize for publicly describing Egypt’s top general … as a donkey … leads to prosecutions, the case could spur international outrage”:
- Top Egyptian Activists Under Investigation by Military Prosecutor (Washington Post)
“The narrative about Muslim women spun by others — and propagated in the media and popular culture — as silent, submissive and oppressed, is one that neither of us recognize in ourselves, the women in our families, or the women we have met over the years through our work within the Muslim community both in the United States and abroad”:
- Muslim Women Take Back the Mic on International Women’s Day (Huffington Post)
In the aftermath of the “Facebook Revolutions,” Iran further dreads the dangers of the Internet:
-  Iran’s Leader Sets Up Internet Control Group (Sydney Morning Herald)
“While Obama should continue to apologize for the Quran burnings, we must understand that the Afghans’ rage is a response to an even deeper, rawer wound”
“A western official said the document was about the long-delayed handover of detention facilities from US to Afghan control. The official said the language of the agreement was still being discussed but the major issues had been decided”:
Christians (at 5%) are more migratory than Muslims (at 4%) and Jews (at 25%) are the most migratory of all:
- Jews Are the World’s Most Migratory Religious Group (RNS / USA Today)
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