Author: Hanan Hameed

IS, which took advantage of the instability caused by American intervention into Iraq continues its assault on minorities and those Muslims who disapprove  of its actions. The latest victims are the Yazidis, trapped in the mountains with no food or water … Iraq Crisis: Who Are the Yazidis And Why is Isis Hunting Them? (The Guardian)…

Feces, urine, vandalism, and graffiti such as “Burn Gaza down” and “Good Arab = dead Arab” were engraved onto a coffee table underscore that “Protective Edge” was about ethnic cleansing, not defense: Palestinians Returning Home Find Israeli Troops Left Faeces and Venomous Graffiti (Guardian) “In her resignation letter …Warsi wrote that Britain’s support for Israeli military action…

A truce, a land grab, and war crimes: Israel Withdraws Troops, 72-hour Gaza Truce Begins (Reuters) Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza: Is It Really a ‘Buffer Zone’ – or a Bigger Plan? (Guardian) Both Sides Prepare for New Gaza War Crimes Probe  (Christian Science Monitor) “All governments lie … including Israel and Hamas. But Israel engages in…

In an effort to curb religious extremism in Egypt, the new Sisi government takes the other extreme by trying to limit freedom of religion, faith and expression, controlling mosques and granting a monopoly on Islam to al-Azhar and prohibiting Imam’s from preaching without a government license: Manipulating the Minarets (Economist) “We want to teach what the Koran…

“Despite being home to more than a million Muslims, Italy has put stringent limits on the number of government-approved mosques…, there are just seven in the entire country … [and] Muslims have been forced to transform warehouses, parking lots, stadiums and supermarkets into places of prayer”:  Hidden Islam: Nicolo Degiorgis Charts the Challenges of Being…

Attempts to kill two of Nigeria’s most prominent of Muslim leaders, Sheikh Dahiru Bauch and Muhmmadu Buhari occurred after the two declared Boko Haram’s actions “unislamic”: In Nigeria, a Civil War Within Islam (Christian Science Monitor) ISIS continues to demolish both Christian sites in northern Iraq and Islamic landmarks that are hundreds of years old, as the…

EID MUBARAK! Warned by a coward hiding behind the handle “Abu Hafs” to “stop hindering men from Allah’s path,” the founder of the Islamic Friendship Association replies, “it is people like this Abu Hafs who are ‘hindering men from Allah’s path’”: Muslim Leader Threatened for Warning Against Going to Syria and Iraq (The Sydney Morning Herald)…

If Israel thinks its offensive will further divide the Palestinian people, it is having the opposite effect, bringing Palestinians with political differences together where “there is one value that unifies the entire Palestinian people: resistance, by any means necessary” .. Resistance Unites Palestine: Hamas Will Emerge Stronger From Gaza (Middle East Monitor) … and if Israel thinks…

As Israeli atrocities reach new heights … Israeli Strike on Gaza School Kills 15 and Leaves 200 Wounded (Guardian) Gaza Crisis: UN Claims Israel Did Not Allow Evacuation from Shelter Before Strikes (Guardian) … Obama wants Israel “to do more” to limit the casualties of Gaza civilians, but neither Obama nor the Department of State specified…

As the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” attacks Baghdad, killing more than 33 in its most recent attack, in addition to claiming “responsibility for a wave of bombings in Baghdad, including several blasts on Saturday which killed 27 people” … Islamic State Says Carried Out Baghdad Suicide Bombing (Reuters) Today in Iraq more human rights are violated…