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“[T]he plaintiffs claim … they were asked ‘inappropriate religious questions’ including ‘whether they are Muslim, whether they attend a mosque, which mosque they attend, whether they are Sunni or Shi’a, and how often they pray’”: Border Officers Question Muslim Americans About Their Faith, ACLU Alleges in Lawsuit (Yahoo) The federally controlled Delhi police are trying…

In a 22-page joint report titled ‘Apartheid in the Occupied West Bank: A Legal Analysis of Israel’s Actions’, the law school “found that the Israel regime’s practices in the occupied West Bank amounted to criminal activities in breach of the prohibition of apartheid”: Harvard Law School Recognizes Israel as Apartheid Regime (Palestine Chronicle) The Kashmir…

An anti-Zionist Israeli Jew’s bid for asylum could become a precedent for Muslim and Christian victims of Israeli apartheid: Israeli Student to Appeal UK Asylum Case on Apartheid Grounds (Middle East Eye) A Muslim doctor in NAZI Germany already risked death to secretly treat Jews, but when the granddaughter of a patient faced deportation to…

With the rise in book bans across the country, … books for and about Muslims, already rare in school libraries and curriculums, are increasingly being put out of reach for young readers”: Amid Book Bans, Muslim Authors, Parents Advocate for Children’s Books Representing Islam (RNS) That the real issue in the Ukraine crisis is not…

“@voguemagazine reverses censorship after widespread public outrage at removal of ‘Palestine’ from @GiGiHadid post”: Vogue Adds “Palestine” Back to Post About GiGi Haddad’s Support for Ukraine and Palestine (Diet Prada / Palestine Deep Dive) “Russia’s demand initially angered Tehran and appeared to help it and Washington move towards agreement on the few remaining thorny issues,“ but…

Turkey’s membership in NATO is now pragmatic rather than strategic and there is no  guarantee of “long-term Turkish support for an American foreign policy that is hostile to Russia or China”: Turkey on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: It’s Complicated (grahamfuller.com) The hypocrisy on Ukraine continues unabated: Gigi Hadid Ripped for Comparing Conflicts in Ukraine and…

Only Gorsuch and Sotomayor stand up against the “transparent effort to stop lawsuits from those who have been tortured”: Supreme Court Rules the CIA Can Keep Mouths Shut About Its Post-9/11 Torture Black Sites (Reason) Mirroring the Russia-Ukraine struggle, an autocrat demands sole “authority to interpret Islam” while a democrat projects “‘humanitarian Islam’ … as…

Among those armed by Israel is Andriy Biletsky, who has said, “Our nation’s historic mission at this critical juncture is to lead the final march of the white race … against sub-humans who are led by the Semite race”: Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine (Haaretz) “The European and American media now…

Many “who are making quite strong statements about [Russia’a occupation of the Ukraine]  … don’t seem to be saying the same things about another occupation, that has been going on for fifty years in the Golan Heights”: Why Not Sanction Israel Too? (Deep Dive) “The Shin Bet’s former No. 3 thinks it’s time for Israel…

“Israel hones invasive surveillance technology on Palestinians before it is exported abroad.” Says one victim, “No one wants to come here. The kids don’t play outside. We’re constantly watched”: How the Occupation Fuels Tel Aviv’s Booming AI Sector (Foreign Policy) Syria is also part of Russia’s sphere of interest: … Russia Breathes Down Middle Eastern…