Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

“Washington said the jet had dropped bombs near US-backed forces but Damascus said the plane was downed while flying a mission against Isis militants”: Russia to Treat US Jets in Syria as ‘Targets’ After America Guns Down First Regime Warplane (Independent) Islamic Finance Industry shaken after the UAE claimed Dana Gas Sukuk were non-compliant with…

Yet another Afghan “insider attack” occurs in the face of more U.S. troops being sent to train Afghan soldiers   … Afghan Soldier Attacks US Troops at Camp Sheheen (BBC) … and an Afghan lawmaker warns, “The security situation continues to deteriorate in Afghanistan and the foreign troops who are here are not making it…

An airline tells an American citizen that “he couldn’t board because the U.S. wouldn’t accept him” … Muslim Utahn — and U.S. Citizen — Prevented from Boarding Plane by Kenyan Officials (Salt Lake Tribune) … while Trump deports Christians back to Iraq to face religious persecution, if not a death: Chaldean Christians in Detroit Terrified…

While Iranian women demonstrate for the right to bare their hair … Why Iranian Women Are Wearing White on Wednesdays (BBC) … Norway takes the choice of face veils away from women, offering instead fines for public wear, or expulsion from universities: Norway Plans to Ban Muslim Face Veils in Schools (Independent) With the public…

As Trump repeats Saudi lies that Qatar funds terrorism, the Saudis and other Gulf states ignore Tillerson’s pleas to dial back the crisis … Saudi and Bahrain Welcome Trump’s Scolding of Qatar (Reuters) … and Kuwait seeks to mediate … Kuwait Extends Helping Hand to Qatar in Effort to ‘Restore the Normal Relations’ (Christian Science Monitor) ……

DoE says it is Constitutional for “any public school student” to pray voluntarily “with fellow students during the school day on the same terms that they they may engage in other … speech”: Public School Opens Up Rooms for Muslim Prayer During Ramadan. Atheist Group Calls It ‘Reasonable.’ (The Blaze) ISIS claims responsibility for both…

Why do terrorist attacks against white people get twenty times the coverage (and a hundred times the sympathy) of terrorist attacks against brown (and black) people? London Attack: 12 Arrested in Barking After Van and Knife Incidents (BBC) ISIS Attack on Mall in Manila Raises Concerns Militant Siege May Be Spreading (Christian Science Monitor) Afghan…

“No American has been killed in a terrorist attack in decades, if ever, by immigrants from the six Muslim countries named in the ban”: Muslim Travel Ban 2.0: Just as Unconstitutional as Version 1.0 (Richmond Times-Dispatch) “Isis had damaged the monastery’s dome, smashed the windows and removed a cross”: Muslim Volunteers Repair Catholic Monastery Because…

“The two men who were killed appear to have stepped in to protect the women from racial slurs”; … White Supremacist Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of Two Men After Anti-Muslim Rant in Portland (LA Times) … “More than 2,000 people attended the candlelit vigil at the Hollywood Transit Centre, where the attack took place, on…