Tariq Ramadan is provides a country-by country analysis of the factors that influenced the events of the Arab Spring:
- Review: Islam and the Arab Awakening (Culture Mob)
“Under the previous standards, investment was banned or restricted in companies that were involved in industries deemed to be unethical, such as gambling, alcohol and tobacco. These restrictions are now being made more stringent”:
- Malaysia Revises Islamic Equity Standards (Reuters)
Tunisians show compassion for Libyans …
- Tunisians Opened Their Homes and Hearts to People fleeing Libya (Christian Science Monitor)
… but Afghan refugees are scheduled to lose their legal residency in Pakistan at the end of the year, although many are not ready to return:
- Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Anxious as Year-End Looms (Voice of America)
The Muslim Brotherhood and other groups rally in Tahrir Square to draw on resentment over recent military actions and give new momentum to Egypt’s revolution:
- Tahrir Square Fills Again as Protesters Contest Egypt’s Military Rule (Christian Science Monitor)
- Muslim Brotherhood Warns of Unrest as Vote Hangs in Balance (Bloomberg / SF Chronicle)
- In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood Rally Steps Up Pressure on Military (LA Times)
MENA initially reported Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was “clinically dead” upon arrival, but a security official said he was put on life support:
- Egypt’s Mubarak on Life Support amid Crisis (ABC News)
Afghan justice minister claimed that women’s shelters encouraged “immorality and prostitution,†according to news reports and accusations of infidelity flare within the Afghani community:
“He has done nothing but sit quietly and attentively. The fact that he has hair on his face should not be the basis to exclude him from the courtroom” — defense attorney Lt. Col. Kris Poppe:
Conflict between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar make future coexistence impossible:
- Burma unrest: UN Body Says 90,000 Displaced by Violence (BBC)
- Myanmar Communities Torn Apart by Sectarian Unrest (Hindustan Times)
“Absent from the five marathon sessions in Moscow over Iran’s nuclear program were any new incentives, from either side, to signal that compromise is imminent or even possible”:
- Iran Nuclear Talks Yield Only One Agreement: Let’s Meet Again (Christian Science Monitor)
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