Month: January 2017

A federal judge has ruled against Trump’s “deportation refugees or visa holders who were detained at American airports” or in transit at the time, but “but refugees abroad remain in limbo” … A Federal Judge Just Issued a Stay Against Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban” (Mother Jones) … and although Thom “Maker was able to leave…

With Islamophobe Brigitte Gabriel boasting of “a direct line to Donald Trump” … Activists Poke Trump to Move Faster on Muslim Crackdown (Politico) … and rumors of specific plans for “a harsh crackdown on immigrants” … Read Leaked Drafts of 4 White House Executive Orders on Muslim Ban, End to DREAMer Program, and More (Vox)…

“We believe in engagement to overcome [differences]…. The verses that Imam Magid chose were about how God created us as different nations and tribes so that we may get to know one another” — ADAMS Center Board Chair: Muslim Leader Defends Decision to Pray at Trump Service (WUSA9) “After promising … that ‘America’s relationship with the…

“When it comes to civil liberties, our country has a lot of problems, and I think it’s very hard for us to get involved in other countries…. We need allies. I don’t know that we have a right to lecture” — Donald J. Trump: Mideast Expects Big Changes Under Trump (AP / abc News) “[L]awyers…

Calling for an ironically fascistic ban on Islamic symbols the nationalists in their immigrant hating power grab want the state to take aid to immigrants away from independent NGOs such as Catholic Charities: Austria’s Anti-Immigrant Freedom Party Calls For Ban On ‘Fascistic Islam’ (Huffington Post) “If the Jewish students were not under the protection of…

“Rex Tillerson’s testimony diverges substantially from Trump’s positions on several key issues. Will he have the autonomy to pursue his views, or will he be marginalized, as Colin Powell was under George W. Bush?” … How Tillerson Testimony Injects Doubt into Trump Foreign Policy (Christian Science Monitor) “Tillerson said that Americans should not be afraid…

Two Trump appointees reject using religious affiliation as a criterion for discrimination: Trump’s Homeland Security Pick Against Muslim Registry (The Hill) Jeff Sessions Says He Does Not Support the Muslim Ban Donald Trump Called for (Huffington Post) Imprisoned and tortured for “passing by a protest for the opposition … Moustafa’s path to radicalization reveals the ease…

The fake news story that a Muslim mob set fire to Germany’s oldest church got a few facts wrong: the church isn’t Germany’s oldest, it wasn’t on fire, there was no mob, and a firework accident, not Muslims, ignited some netting: Breitbart Story About “Mob” of 1,000 Muslims Attacking a German Church Reportedly Dissolves (Media…

“‘[S]piritual colonialism’ at work…: bypassing, erasing, and occupying a spiritual landscape that has been lived and breathed and internalized by Muslims from Bosnia and Istanbul to Konya and Iran to Central and South Asia”: The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi (New Yorker) “‘You can’t tell people, ‘Here’s your prayer, read it word…

Muslim jurists need to be self-consistent. If a Muslim woman is old enough to enter into a marriage contract (nikah) she’s old enough to sign other contracts as well: Muslim Minor Can Wed, but Can’t Sign Agreement (Times of India) “The report says seven victims were from Saudi Arabia; three each were from Lebanon and…