Month: December 2014
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News and Analysis (12/16/14)
The Sydney tragedy has Muslims joining the mourners, other Australians offering to help the Muslim community against a communitarian backlash, and many asking why someone with gunman’s criminal record was out on bail …  Muslim Community Leaders Join Mourners to Pay Respects to Sydney Siege Victims (ABC) Sydney Hostage Crisis Prompts #Illridewithyou Show of Solidarity with…
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Reform of Higher Education in the Muslim World
[This is the second in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Islamic Law and Ethics held in Herndon, VA in June  2014. 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 for any…
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New and Analysis (12/13/14)
As the anti- Muslim demonstrations continue on Germany, Chancellor Merkel condemns it “saying via an aide on Friday that there was ‘no place in  Germany’ for hatred of Muslims or any other religious or racial”: Merkel Condemns Racism as Dresden Anti-Islam Marches Grow (Newsweek) The propagandist who “tweeted almost exclusively in fluent English, courted the interest of…
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News and Analysis (12/12/14)
What are they stealing from mosques? “Starting next year authorities will install centrally monitored cameras in every mosque to record what goes on inside. The move is ostensibly meant to prevent theft and regulate energy use, but few doubt the real intention is to tighten the state’s grip on Islam”: The State and Islam Converting the Preachers (The…
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News and Analysis (12/10/14)
“If a white, American, Christian woman were to be [treated in some Muslim country as Aafia Siddiqui has been treated] … [w]ould we not demand that an international medical team be allowed to see her and evaluate her condition and her family be allowed to contact her?”: Statement on the Case of Aafia Siddqui (Minaret…
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News and Analysis (12/8/14)
The killer with the “Quran is a virus worse than ebola” sign in his car window stalked the mosque for weeks and then pretended h had lost control of the vehicle before admitting “he had struck the teenager because he looked like a man who had threatened him several days earlier”: US Driver Accused of…
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News and Analysis (12/5/14)
“The White House was insistent … that President Obama acted ‘promptly’ to try to rescue American hostage Luke Somers from al Qaeda in Yemen, approving the risky special operations mission two days after receiving a military plan – but possibly well after Somers had already been moved” … Timeline: How US Missed the Chance to…
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News and Analysis (12/3/14)
The only council member to vote in favor said, “This is 100 percent, bar none, a First Amendment issue. They have the right to assemble. I don’t understand their religion, but they have the right to do this.†Only months ago the council unanimously approved a similar request from Christians: Georgia Town Bars Muslims From…
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News and Analysis (12/1/14)
“Leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to three years for insulting the Egyptian court for overturning the conviction of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the deaths of nearly 300 demonstrators during the Arab Spring revolution in 2011″: Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Sentenced to Jail for Insulting Egypt Court (International Business Times) The woman and…
