Author: Layla Shoufer

Symbolizing the American military, Wonder Woman respects no borders, decides who needs help and who’s trouble, is prepared to force others to respect her: Wonder Woman is a Hero Only the Military-Industrial Complex Could Create (Jonathan Cook) Clinton lost because PA, WI, and MI have high casualty rates and saw her as pro-war, study says:…

Started as 7th century schools for women to learn Islam, they became mosques for women in the 18th century and now aim at helping women and men to educate together: Why Does China Have Women-only Mosques? (China and the Middle East) Charges that a parts of a study by an Austrian government minister critical of…

Even pro-Israeli Congress members are dismayed at Israel’s persecution of an award-winning, globally recognized leader of Palestinian peaceful resistance: 34 House Dems Condemn Israeli Charges Against Issa Amro — Follower of Civil Rights Movement and Gandhi (Mondoweiss) Knights of Golan leader says they couldn’t survive without Israels constant support: Israel Secretly Paying Salaries of Syrian…

Immigrants make for more economic opportunities and less crime … A Day with Dearborn Representative Abdulla Hammoud: a Young Arab American Strives for a More Welcoming Success (Arab American News) … yet 114 Americans of Iraqi descent are captured by ICE officials causing mass protest in Detroit … and they’re mostly Christians: Iraqi Americans Seek…

For Trump, you have no bona fide relationship to your “fiancées, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other extended family”: Revised Version of Trump’s Travel Ban Is Set to Take Effect, but a Supreme Court Decision in the Case Raises ‘More Questions than Answers’ (Business Insider) His economic reform plans are welcome, but…

No, says the Court, you can’t strip someone of his citizenship because he didn’t tell you that he once broke the speed limit without getting a ticket: Supreme Court Limits Government’s Power to Revoke Citizenship (The Hill) “[W]ithin the past nine years, right-wing extremists plotted or carried out nearly twice as many terrorist attacks as Islamist…

Although Israel continues to build new settlement illegally and clearly violate international law, the U.S. stands by them: Israel’s Settlements Have No Legal Validity, Constitute Flagrant Violation of International Law, Security Council Reaffirms (United Nations) New researcher find what we’ve all already known, Muslims are in fact the most likely victims of terrorism worldwide: Muslims…

Westerners have selective memories that forget the far more frequent terrorism of non-Muslims (and anti-Islamist Muslims): The Numbers Don’t Lie: Even in the Middle East, Most Terrorism Is Not ‘Islamic’ (Middle East Eye) Sen. Rand Paul says the other senators are “more concerned about the jobs the weapons manufacturers could generate than the lives of…

“Washington said the jet had dropped bombs near US-backed forces but Damascus said the plane was downed while flying a mission against Isis militants”: Russia to Treat US Jets in Syria as ‘Targets’ After America Guns Down First Regime Warplane (Independent) Islamic Finance Industry shaken after the UAE claimed Dana Gas Sukuk were non-compliant with…

Yet another Afghan “insider attack” occurs in the face of more U.S. troops being sent to train Afghan soldiers   … Afghan Soldier Attacks US Troops at Camp Sheheen (BBC) … and an Afghan lawmaker warns, “The security situation continues to deteriorate in Afghanistan and the foreign troops who are here are not making it…