Author: ImadadDean
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Iran’s Currency Crisis Is an Opportunity
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from JCPOA (“Iran Nuclear Deal”) poses many problems for everyone, including both the U.S. and Iran. The biggest problems for Iran are the economic crisis threatened by the loss of foreign investment and the currency crisis threatened by denial of access to the dollar denominated banking system, a vulnerability demonstrated by the…
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News and Analysis (7/30/18)
Is Khan’s win “about growing up as a democracy; about maturing as a nation privileged with fundamental rights and liberties; about flowering as a society that is shrugging off the bitter past of a menacing State,” or has he “shown a soft spot for the powerful army and religious extremists”? Khan’s Victory in Pakistan Prompts…
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News and Analysis (7/27/18)
“Israeli forces suppressed Palestinian crowds at return camps using live bullets and tear-gas bombs … [in a futile attempt to stop the] ‘Great March of Return’ protests … launched by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza … to demand their right of return as refugees to their original homelands” … Palestinian Killed, Others Injured on…
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News and Analysis (7/25/18)
One of Ramadan’s accusers now admits that the date on which she claimed she was raped cannot be right, but the court which previously denied bail refuses to dismiss the charges: French Court Denies Tariq Ramadan’s Request to Drop Rape Charges (France24) If you thought Joe Walsh was willing to humiliate himself to suck up…
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News and Analysis (7/23/18)
“[W]hite and rightwing terrorists carried out nearly twice as many terrorist attacks as Muslim extremists between 2008 and 2016″ but “attacks committed by non-Muslims (or where the religion was unknown) received an average of 15 headlines, while those committed by Muslim[s] … received 105 headlines”: Terror Attacks by Muslims Receive 357% More Press Attention, Study…
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News and Analysis (7/19/18)
The atheist asked if his preference for church bells over the Muslim call to prayer is due to his cultural upbringing. Fatima Bhutto replied, “No, it’s your bigotry,” and a former Winchester Cathedral chorister who finds “muezzin enchanting and profoundly evocative” calls Dawkins’ tweet “gratuitously vile” … Richard Dawkins Sparks Outrage After Saying Muslim Call to…
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Interview by Reza Saiedi on Iranian-American Relations
[This is the text of free-lance journalist Reza Saedi’s interview with Minaret of Freedom Institute president Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad on Iranian-American relations.] Q. Please comment: US sanctions have a direct impact on the Iranian civilian population– limiting medical and research supplies, limiting machinery used to maintain civilian transportation systems, etc. While such actions are criticized by…
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News and Analysis (7/9/18)
It is a war crime for an occupying power to transfer its “civilian population into occupied territory. Passing the bill would simply mean that Ireland is moving to modify its domestic legislation to comply with its third-state obligations” … An Irish Bill on Israeli Settlement Goods Could Make History (Al-Jazeera) … Palestinians refuse to bow to…
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Squaring the SCOTUS Decision on the Muslim Ban with the Masterpiece Cakes Decision Is a Disturbing Exercise
When confronted with many interesting and important questions about how to weigh religious freedom against the government’s place in fighting invidious discrimination in the Masterpiece Cakes case, the Supreme Court of the United States chose to sidestep all questions but one. They said they didn’t need to decide whether a creative designer of cakes should…
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News and Analysis (6/11/18)
“The Palestinians in the Silwan neighborhood are threatened with eviction” but “Government lawyers admitted Sunday that a Justice Ministry unit failed to investigate significant issues before issuing a title deed for East Jerusalem land to a Jewish trust”: Israel Admits: Jerusalem Land, Home to 700 Palestinians, Given to Settler Group Without Proper Checks (Haaretz) Despite…
