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News and Analysis 7/13/22
Notwithstanding France’s pseudo-secular refusal to tracking the religious identity of prisoners, a sociologist “has found that roughly half of the 69,000 people incarcerated today in France are Muslims of Arab descent“: Cannabis Prohibition in France Has Disproportionately Punished its Muslim Minority (The Conversation / RNS) “[T]he U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) … declared a state…
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News and Analysis 7/10/22
“No matter how the question was phrased, less than a quarter of Americans approve of the president’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia” … Americans Aren’t Very Happy About Biden’s Middle East Visit: Poll (Responsible Statecraft) … and Biden’s excuses don’t cut it: Biden’s Excuses (Minaret of Freedom Institute) Leaving Gaza to study in Turkey…
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Biden’s Excuses
President Biden has received a great deal of criticism for including Saudi Arabia in his planned trip to the Middle East later this week. Today’s Washington Post features his answer in the form of an op-ed called “Why I’m Going to Saudi Arabia.” The first paragraph asserts that his purpose is to “advance important American…
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News and Analysis 7/8/22
The Islamic response to those who would obstruct us, “We have our deeds and you have your deeds. You will remain in safety from hearing or experiencing anything harmful from us. We do not seek to follow the course of the ignorant”: Sheikh Al-Issa at Arafat Sermon: Values of Islam Foster Harmony; Eschew Hatred and…
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News and Analysis 7/6/22
The U.S. assertions that “it was ‘likely’ Abu Akleh was killed by unintentional Israeli fire,” angers Palestinians by dismissing Israeli intentions and angers Israelis for hinting that they are culpable in any way: Israel, Palestinians Privately Protested to U.S. over Statement on Abu Akleh Killing (Axios) “News outlets reported the deputy head of mission at…
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News and Analysis 7/4/22
“Terms that have become fashionable such as Islamism and non-violent extremism constitute in [the author’s] mind part of the vocabulary developed to force Muslims into a cultural straight jacket”: The Fate of Abraham: Why the West Is Wrong About Islam (New Books Network) “[T]rucks laden with perishable fruits are stopped along the highway due to…
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News and Analysis 7/2/22
In practice, “if you see something say something” is more like “if you see a Muslim or Arab going about their daily life, turn them in”: When ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ Goes Wrong: Unfounded Reports of Suspicious Activity Overwhelmingly Target Arabs, Muslims Doing Routine Activities, New Report Shows (CBS News) Arrested on no…
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News and Analysis 6/30/22
The U.S. accuses Iran of raising resolved old issues and unrelated new ones, but Iran blames a weak Biden administration, unable to guarantee “economic benefits”: Fresh Round of Iran Nuclear Talks Ends with No Progress (Axios) Among the detainees in the wake of protests over the execution of a Palestinian teenager is a young man…
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News and Analysis 6/28/22
A “fund allocated to … ‘create a better future’ for Palestinians … has been largely utilised to register land for illegal settlements and … to further Palestinian dispossession”: Israeli Move to Register Land Adjacent to al-Aqsa Mosque Raises Fears of Takeover (Middle East Eye) The Committee to Protect Journalists called for the fact-checker’s immediate, unconditional…
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News and Analysis 6/26/22
Busy with its own murderous agenda … Israel Killed 4 More Palestinians over the Weekend (Israel-Palestine News) … the IDF couldn’t take time to protect a man from a stabbing, but made time to keep the victim from getting to the hospital before it was too late: Israeli Colonizer Fatally Stabs a Palestinian in the…
