Author: ImadadDean
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News and Analysis (5/2/20)
Fasting “can be difficult under normal circumstances for incarcerated people…. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is no longer allowing religious volunteers to conduct in-person services in the jail”: COVID-19 Brings Challenges for Muslim Inmates During Ramadan (Injustice Watch / Herald & Review) “Government officials piled some 9 tons of gold — an amount equal to…
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U.S. Policy on Human Rights in the Middle East
[On November 21, 2019, the National Interest Foundation held program on “U.S. Policy on Human Rights in the Middle East.” These notes summarize my impression of highlights of the presentation and are not an attempted transcription.] Opening Remarks by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D – Virginia), House Committee on Foreign Affairs No American, no resident of…
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News and Analysis (4/25/20)
Cancelling Islamic rituals has precedents in Islamic history such as the pilgrimage cancellations during the cholera outbreaks of 1837 and 1846: Epidemics, War Have Impacted Muslim Worship Throughout History (Al Jazeera) “The state has silenced politicians, the pulpit, and other sections of the society” and now goes after the “few independent media voices”: ‘Police Action…
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News and Analysis (4/18/20)
Forget fake news about coronavirus being invented in a weapons lab; the real news is how Israel is weaponizing the virus … Israel Shuts Palestinian Coronavirus Testing Clinic in East Jerusalem (Haaretz) Israel Trading in Ventilators for Helpless Gazans Is Inhumane (Haaretz) Bio-Terror: Zombie Israeli Squatters with Covid-19 break Quarantine, Assault Palestinians at Close Quarters…
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News and Analysis (4/4/20)
Trump says he would help Iran if they asked, but they haven’t asked for medical help–only that the U.S. keep it’s promise to end sanctions … Trump Grilled on Punishing Iran Sanctions amid Coronavirus Crisis (Al-Jazeera) … so his administration hints that he is ready for war: Iran Hits Back After Trump Claims It Is…
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A Question on Racism
[A reader made the following inquiry.] Q. Please share with me Qur’an and Hadith verses and authoritative Islamic Commentary on Race/Racism, etc. (via .pdf or otherwise) demarcative of the limit beyond which The Deity requires absolutely no thought or action greater than mere disagreement with the clearest of wrongdoing in one’s own heart. A. From…
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News and Analysis (3/21/20)
India’s cruel grip on Kashmir is exacerbating the threat of the coronavirus: COVID-19 Information Blackout Hitting Kashmir Hard (Andalou Agency) People Arriving in Kashmir Complain of Poor Arrangements at Quarantine Centres (Deccan Herald) Amid Lack of Protective Gear, Two Doctors in Kashmir Turn Coronavirus Suspects (Deccan Herald) After a five year absence, Sinead O’Connor finds…
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News and Analysis (3/3/20)
The U.S. promised the Taliban a prisoner exchange to which the Afghani government had not agreed, seeming to guarantee the agreement’s collapse: Cracks Start to Show in Taliban Peace Deal (Politico) President Ghani Rejects Peace Deal’s Prisoner Swap with Taliban (Al-Jazeera) Breakthrough U.S.-Taliban Deal Signed, But Airstrikes Likely to Continue & Mercenaries to Remain (Democracy…
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New and Analysis (2/22/20)
Given that the Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war, it is counter-intuitive to think the President can veto a bill preventing him in engaging in acts of war: The Coming Constitutional Crisis Over Iran (American Prospect) The common wisdom is that Donald Trump prefers to be surrounded by lackeys, but when it…
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Nonviolent Resistance and Palestinian Self-Development
[On January 24, 2020, Ali Abu Awwad discussed his work to mobilize a movement of nonviolent resistance to the occupation in the Palestinian Territories at the Middle East Institute. These notes summarize my impression of highlights of the presentation and are not an attempted transcription. To see the entire program click here.] Ali Abu Awwad:…
