Month: May 2014
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News and Analysis (5/30/14)
Egypt is claiming the turnout in the election of Sisi is not as bad as initially reported, and moves to prove it by arresting a woman they accuse of”charged with filming empty polling stations during the country’s presidential election this week”: Alleged Al-Jazeera Reporter Arrested in Egypt (AP / abc News) Under pressure for his defense…
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News and Analysis (5/28/14)
This is NOT a satire. These are actual Egyptian newscasters expressing their amazement and frustration at the fact that Egyptian voters are not willing to participate in the sham election of Sisi … Egyptian Media After the First Day of Voting in the Presidential Election (Masr Madaniya) … but the regime is even more panicked than their minions in…
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News and Analysis (5/26/14)
At least three Muslim youths were killed and mutilated by a Christian militia in the Central African Republic while on their way to play in a reconciliation football game between the two faiths, Muslim Youths Mutilated in CAR (Al-Jazeera) “The leader of Nigeria’s Muslims on Sunday called for followers of the faith to unite against Boko Haram…
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News and Analysis (5/23/14)
“NSA defenders still won’t tell the whole truth, but a newly revealed damage assessment offers a window into government damage control – not any actual damage done by Snowden”: The Pentagon Report on Snowden’s ‘Grave’ Threat Is Gravely Overblown (Guardian) A Kansas sheriff’s office insists on having a man who can’t tell the difference between…
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Is Secularism by Any Means Possible? A Reading of the ‘Civil State’ in the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood’s Contemporary Political Statements and Declarations
[This is the fifth in a series of my notes on the 2013 International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Islamic Reform Movements After the Arab Spring held in Herndon, VA.These notes have only been lightly edited and represent my perception of the discussion. The proceedings will be published by IIIT at a later time. Responsibility…
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News and Analysis (5/21/14)
Libya plans to hold elections even as it unravels, divided between “Islamist politicians who dominate Libya’s interim parliament, and … rivals … amassing behind Khalifa Haftar, the retired general. His forces have attacked Islamist militias in Benghazi and claimed credit for an attack on the ….parliament”: Rogue Libyan General Attracts Militia Support as Parliament Flails (Christian…
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Is Religion One Thing and the State Another? Egyptian Islamist Organizations and the Question of Institutional Political Involvement
[This is the fourth in a series of my notes on the 2013 International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Islamic Reform Movements After the Arab Spring held in Herndon, VA. These notes have only been lightly edited and represent my perception of the discussion. The proceedings will be published by IIIT at a later time.…
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News and Analysis (5/19/14)
Goodluck Jonathan tries to paint Boko Haram as a Nigerian al-Qaida, but the interventionism he courts in support of his repressive regime is what turns national terrorists into international terrorists … Nigerian President Faces Increasing Pressure over Kidnapped Schoolgirls (Guardian) International Summit Weighs Sanctions on Boko Haram (Christian Science Monitor) … and the spillover of…
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News and Analysis (5/16/14)
“[I]n a March 2009 hearing, [Judge] Brinkema expressed her opinion that [Sami] Al-Arian may have been essentially hoodwinked. ‘But I think there’s something more important here, and that’s the integrity of the Justice Department’”: 5 Years Later, Fla.-Va. Terrorism Case in Limbo (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) With an absent Muslim father, she was raised by her Christian mother;…
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News and Analysis (5/14/14)
One Egyptian is spared, … Egypt Brotherhood Leader Clear of Insulting Judges (AP /abc News) … but an Egyptian-American’s letter from prison reveals the depth of the junta’s cruelty: Prison Letter from Hunger-striker Muhammad Soltan (Middle East Monitor) Hatred belongs in the public domain. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court says that…
