Author: ImadadDean

“Tehran called on Abu Dhabi to release the boats and its nationals, and to hand over the bodies of those killed”: Iran Seizes UAE Vessel and Crew After Fishermen Killed (Financial Times) “The city of Phoenix and the Phoenix police targeted my brother for his race, they mocked him for his religion and disability, and…

With Sudan as well as Saudi Arabia lined up to follow in the UAE’s footsteps, Palestinians and Muslim nations outside the Arab world know betrayal when they see it: Sudan and Israel Say Talks Underway for Deal to Normalize Ties (Times of Israel) Interpreting the UAE/Israel Agreement on Suspending Annexation (Just World Educational) Hussain: Arab…

“The U.S. claimed it seized Iranian petrol, but even though the cargo was sent from Iran, neither the ships nor the petrol were Iranian” — Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh: Iran: Fuel En Route to Venezuela Seized by US Wasn’t Iranian (AP / WTOP) “[I]t was primarily due to the endeavours of … active…

“Washington got support only from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo, leaving it far short of the minimum nine ‘yes’ votes required for adoption” … UN Security Council Rejects US Bid to Extend Iran Arms Embargo (Aljazeera) … which suits the Trump administration’s plans for unlilateral sanctions and, if Pompeo…

“Israel got rewarded for not declaring openly what it’s been doing to Palestine illegally & persistently since the beginning of the occupation” — Hanan Ashrawi: Palestinians Slam Israel-UAE Peace Deal (Bendigo Advertiser) In the Delhi riots, “police failed to disperse the crowd initially and finally managed to assuage the mob by telling them that they…

The village was formally founded in the 1920s on lands occupied by Palestinians for centuries, but now that one settler has moved in, Israeli authorities have ordered its complete destruction”: Palestinian Village Farasin Defiant Despite Threats of Being Wiped Off the Map (Middle East Eye) “Israeli forces opened fire on the ambulance that was trying…

“[J]ournalist Ola Salem wrote the tactics used in the Aljabri case appear to be a ‘recurring tactic’ used by Arab regimes against growing numbers of dissidents abroad”: Saudi Hit Squad Was Sent to Toronto to Try to Kill Former Intel Official, Lawsuit Alleges (The Star) The Qur’an orders believers to fulfill their contracts; so why…

“The investigation is focusing on how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive chemical used in fertilizers, came to be stored at the facility for six years”: Negligence Probed in Deadly Beirut Blast amid Public Anger (AP) India’s feeble concession to journalists unable to do their jobs because of the Internet shutdown in Kashmir:…

Automatons were among the “creations of the 12th-century … inventor Ismail al-Jazari, who laid the groundwork for modern engineering, hydraulics, and even robotics”: Medieval Robots? They Were Just One of this Muslim Inventor’s Creations (National Geographic) A Circuit Court has ruled that a Muslim inmate allegedly “fired from his prison job for reporting his bosses’…

Convention delegates are frustrated by both the Democratic Party’s refusal to acknowledge Israel’s brutal occupation and “by a drafting and voting process that was anything but open, inclusive and democratic”: The 2020 Democratic Platform Betrays Palestinians and Again Gives Israel a Pass (Washington Post) The Australian native “converted to Islam as a teenager. He ‘fell…