Month: February 2017

McMaster’s views may be eclipsed those by clash-of-civilization fanatics Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller who “have close ties to Mr. Trump and walk-in privileges in the Oval Office” McMaster lacks: H.R. McMaster Breaks With Administration on Views of Islam (NY Times) “What right does the United States have to inquire about somebody’s religion when they enter…

As American Jews rallied in support of American Muslims under attack by the administration, American Muslims rally in support of American Jews victimized by grave desecration and bomb threats … Muslim Activists Raise More than $70,000 to Repair Vandalized Jewish Cemetery (The Root) … but the  Palestinian Muslim activist who co-organized the successful fundraising drive…

The American people have responded to the latest outpouring of anti-Islamic propaganda with an effort to discover the truth to themselves: Response to Negativity Fosters Understanding Toward Local Muslim Community (Santa Clarita Valley Signal) “[T]he Def Jam founder and mogul told the Times Square crowd[,] ‘We are here unified because of Donald Trump. We want…

Declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization could be a tool for “anti-Muslim crusaders to hound unaffiliated, mainstream Muslim organizations and potentially criminalize their leadership”: Anti-Muslim Conspiracists Escalate Campaign to Crush Muslim Civil Society Organizations (Salon) Trump’s inner circle is convinced that America is fighting a battle to the death with Islam – not one to…

The surge “reflects not an influx of new refugees, but a backlog of those who had undergone an 18-month to two-year vetting process prior to the Jan. 27 executive order and had already been” approved: Who Are the Refugees and Immigrants Entering the US Since the Travel Ban Was Lifted?  (Christian Science Monitor) Judge “Robart…

“‘[W]hy did they have to kill children and women and elderly people?’ said Zabnallah Saif al Ameri, who lost nine members of his extended family, five of whom were children”: Nine Young Children Killed: The Full Details of The Botched US Raid in Yemen (Mint Press) Rather than risk a “fourth legal setback over the…

“The 9th Circuit … court said it would likely rule this week but would not issue a same-day ruling. The matter will ultimately likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court”: Appeals Court Presses Trump Administration on Travel Ban (Reuters) Sec. Kelly “and his staff were only allowed to see the order after Mr Trump signed…

Trump supporters expecting “a smarter, more self-interested, more restrained, and above all more successful foreign policy than his predecessors … should be disappointed and deeply worried”: Trump Has Already Blown It: The president could have started a foreign-policy revolution. Instead, he triggered a foreign-policy revolt (Foreign Policy) “ISIS is emboldened now because Bannon’s undaunted pursuit of…

Trump’s desire to tear up the nuclear agreement Iran may explain his administration’s saber-rattling over a missile launch that it agrees didn’t violate  the nuclear deal … US Puts Iran ‘on Notice’ After Missile Test, Won’t Elaborate (Christian Science Monitor) … but what explains his “acrimonious telephone call with Australia’s prime minister” accusing the American…