Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

The White House denies there has ever “been a serious attack …. or … plot … unconnected from ISIS or al Qaeda,” and explains Trump’s lack of sympathy as suspicion the mosque bombing was a false flag operation: Muslim Leaders Condemn White House Official Gorka’s Claim Mosque Attack Could Have Been ‘Fake’ (Newsweek) Hate crimes…

Saturday’s IED bombing at an American mosque after months arson at a string of mosques elicits a “collective yawn” from media and politicians: Anti-Muslim Violence Is Everywhere—Except in the American Media (Daily Beast) Two cases before the Supreme Court will test whether the First Amendment can protect those with whom a majority profoundly disagree: Muslim…

Instead of trying to intimidate a potential aggressor, strike up a friendly conversation with the target: New Campaign Teaches How to Help When a Muslim Is Harassed (NPR) “We could have closed our eyes and we would have thought it was LDS people speaking on that panel”: Utah Muslim Women Encourage Honest Dialogue About Islam…

“[P]recisely because boycotts are such a powerful form of expression, governments have long sought to interfere with them — from King George III to the police in Alabama, and now to the U.S. Congress”: This Piece of Pro-Israel Legislation Is a Serious Threat to Free Speech (Washington Post) “[W]ith some rare exceptions carried out by…

Muslims are combining Islamic values of entrepreneurship, charity, education, and piety to resurrect a Detroit neighborhood: Can This Muslim Community Create a Model for Rebuilding Detroit? (The Nation) In what was supposed to be an apology the hateful woman again insulted the Muslims by accusing them of insulting Jesus, a sin in Islam that reveres…

No one says they do not want a mosque in the area, yet similar arguments that it would disrupt the communities way of life have not prevented the approval of churches: A Proposal to Build a Mosque on a 140-Acre Plot of Land in Prince William County was a Major Debate Among Residents in Northern…

Many of the supporters of the Anti-Boycott Act realized afterwards they did not know what they were actually supporting; Jewish Voice for Peace says: “Take Action to Stop Unconstitutional Attack on Freedom to Boycott”: Critics of U.S. ‘Israel Anti-Boycott Act’ Say Even Requests for Information Could Expose Citizens to Penalties (Mondoweiss) Israel abandons the policy…

“Blackwater military contractors opened fire in a city square in Baghdad, killing 17 civilians in one of the worst episodes of the Iraq war” but now they have an even worse idea– for American taxpayers to foot the bill for them to rule Afghanistan: The ‘Blackwater 2.0’ Plan for Afghanistan (The Atlantic) It’s “the deadliest…

Chuck Schumer and Ben Cardin eagerly sacrifice civil right on the altar of Israeli apartheid, proposing to make felons of American engaging in political activism supporting the boycott against Israel with penalties up to $1 million and 20 years in prison … Schumer and Macron Equate Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism so as to Target BDS (Mondoweiss) U.S.…