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News and Analysis 12/13/22
“Zakarneh is the 166th victim so far this year of the Israeli killing machine in the occupied West Bank, the 10th since the start of this month, including 39 minors”: A 16-year-old Girl Is the Latest Victim in Israel’s Daily Aggression in the Occupied Territories (Palestine News Network) “Majidreza Rahnavard. He was convicted of ‘waging…
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News and Analysis 12/11/22
As the West focuses on Ukraine, Israel’s violent rampage continues: American Mainstream Media Have Averted Their Gaze (Again) from Palestinian Suffering. Eleven Palestinian Deaths in Seven Days Is Apparently Not News (Israel-Palestine News) Invading Israeli Forces Assassinate 5 More Palestinians in Two Days, Including 16-yr-old (Israel-Palestine News) Topics on which fatwas were issued at this…
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The Moral and Ethical Role of Taqwa in the Personal, Social, Economic, and Political Spheres of Life in the 21st Century
The following article by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad “The Moral and Ethical Role of Taqwa in the Personal, Social, Economic, and Political Spheres of Life in the 21st Century” was first published in the Discussion and Debate section of the Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies (JIMS), Vol 7 No 1 May 2022. “This article was published…
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News and Analysis 12/8/22
The man was accused “of blocking a street in Tehran and attacking a member of the security forces with a machete”: Iran Carries Out the First Known Execution of a Prisoner Arrested in Recent Protests (NPR) Israeli violence continues: West Bank: Dozens Wounded and Arrested in Israeli Night raids (Middle East Eye) Palestinians: Israeli Army…
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News and Analysis 12/5/22
Has Iran suspended the morality police? No one knows, but perhaps curtailed would be a more precise word: Confusion over Iran’s Religious Police as Women Drop Hijab (Washington Post) What Iran Has Planned for Its Morality Police (NPR) The games have “pierced the illusion that the Abraham Accords are anything more than agreements between an apartheid…
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News and Analysis 12/3/22
Israel’s apartheid is not identical to South Africa’s — it is worse … Palestine and South Africa: United by Their Differences (New Arab) … but Israel will not tolerate the truth: Following Smear Campaign, Israel Considers Barring UN Special Rapporteur Albanese from Entering Palestine, Israel (Palestine Chronicle) “Although some religions believe that human life begins…
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News and Analysis 12/1/22
While the Zionists suppress accurate reports of their apartheid and oppression … Israeli Court Orders Palestinian Who Filmed Soldier Threatening Activists Away From Home (Haaretz) … they publish libelous falsehood about Palestinian human rights organizations and activists: Palestine Rights Group Prosecutes Israel Lobby Organisation for Publishing Defamatory Articles (Middle East Monitor) Iranian police say security…
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Blasphemy Laws in Islam and in Muslim-majority Countries
[On September 24, 2022, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy hosted a panel discussion on “Blasphemy Laws in Islam and in Muslim-majority Countries” moderated by Sahar Aziz. This our summary of highlights of the discussion and is not a transcript. The use of the first person is for convenience only. The event…
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Public Freedoms in the Islamic State
[On October 27 the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy and the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding co-hosted a book launch for the English translation of Rached Ghannouchi’s book Public Freedoms in the Islamic State, co-moderated by Radwan Masmoudi and John Esposito. This is a summery of highlights of and is not intended to…
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News and Analysis 11/28/22
To date Israeli soldiers have killed 77 children, Palestinian fighters killed one: Invading Israeli Soldiers Kill Another Teen in Jenin (Israel-Palestine News) Invading Israeli Forces Kill 16-year-old Protester, Injure 32 in Nablus (Israel-Palestine News) “[T]he ‘Hindutva’ (Hindu supremacist) project in India is adding diversity and objectivity to its anti-minority hatred”: Why India Is Witnessing Spike…
