Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

“While I think it’s completely unfair that Katebi has to laugh off an artillery volley of micro-aggression and blatant racism, her poise, power, and brilliance was absolutely breathtaking”: Hoda Katebi: What Speaking the Truth in Love Looks Like (Patheos) To the far left Macron’s plan to “influence the organisation of Islamic institutions, … meddle in…

Is Israel’s increased violence aimed at provoking a regional war that could form a pretext for U.N. intervention to demand Hezbollah abandon its missiles? Israeli Air Strikes Against Syria ‘Biggest Since 1982’ (BBC) Israeli Jet Shot Down After Bombing Iranian Site in Syria (Reuters) “With Islamophobia at historic levels, a Muslim social services provider finds…

Among the keywords Boston police “tracked using Geofeedia … [were] innocuous Arabic words routinely used to discuss religion or community, including ‘ummah’ (which means ‘community’ in Arabic)”: Social Media Monitoring in Boston: Free Speech in the Crosshairs (Privacy SOS) “[T]he data that underlies it has been connected to a set of interpretations and conclusions . . .…

Before the Israeli High Court ruling two decades ago prohibiting its free use of torture, “physical abuse of Palestinians had been routine and resulted in several deaths in custody.” Since then, Shin Bet has carefully hidden it: Israel’s Shin Bet to Face First-ever Torture Probe (Jonathan Cook) “[A]s a documentary filmmaker, I felt a responsibility…

Both Democrats and Republicans are trying to shut Muslims out: Democrats Anonymously Target Muslim Candidate, Questioning His Eligibility to Run for Michigan Governor (The Intercept) Muslim Voters Say They Want to Participate, Not ‘Infiltrate’ (MPR News) The man’s conviction for “a murderous terrorist attack on worshippers leaving a mosque” has triggered “a complete review of the…

There will be “extra vetting for these mostly Middle Eastern and African nations, senior U.S. officials said on Monday”: U.S. to Resume Refugee Admissions from 11 ‘High-risk’ Countries (Reuters) “As the State of the Union address approaches, one likely theme of the speech has become quite clear: President Trump wants to choke off legal immigration…

Embarrassed by publicity over the IDF encounter with the Tamimi family, Michael Oren spreads absurd and easily refuted smears of the family and refuses to provide alleged evidence of his libel as “confidential”: Senior Israeli Official Mocked for Bizarre Claim That Detained Palestinian Teen Is a Paid Actor (The Intercept) “So why is Gadot [a…

In the wake of the U.S. administration’s green light on the embassy move, Israel  escalates the violence and shooting to kill and banning human rights observers while the mainstream American media looks the other way: Israeli Army Shoots A Child In The Head “During Training” (International Middle East Media Center) Israeli Forces Kill Two More…

His attorneys argue that U.S. support of those rebels not designated as terrorists “is evidence that it believed the belligerency against Assad was legitimate warfare and that fighters against Assad were entitled to combatant immunity”: Suspect in Terror-related Case Claims ‘Combatant Immunity’ (abc News) O’Callaghan was unable to defend such absurdities as classifying people forced…