Month: September 2019

Serb separatist hate speech includes mocking the SDA’s embrace of liberal reforms and sparks a rise in hate crimes: ‘Large Increase in Anti-Bosnian, Anti-Muslim Bigotry’: Report (Al-Jazeera) “A 60-year old woman and 13-year old boy were killed and three wounded in shelling over the Line of Control (LOC), near the informal border with India, on […]

“India is being governed today by Hindu ethno-nationalists who seem to regard the country’s minorities—Muslims, Christians and other non-Hindus—as inferior, anti-national, and not deserving of protection” … Gandhi’s Legacy Was Betrayed By Modi—But It Can Still Be Reclaimed by Kashmiri Peaceful Resistance (Newsweek) … “I am disappointed by the international community. If eight million Europeans, […]

“Kashmiris’ rights were at the forefront … [and] intricately linked to the fear many Muslims continue to have under the current US administration, given the leaders of both countries are known for their anti-Muslim stances”: Kashmir in Focus at Muslim Day Parade in New York (Al-Jazeera) “Researchers found that, of 549 collected cases, 26% were […]

It would be wrong to go to war without certainty as to who launched the attack, a treaty obligation to interfere, well-defined goals and plans, a national interest, and, above all, a declaration of war by the U.S. Congress … Seven Questions that Need Answers Before Any Attack on Iran (The Atlantic) … “Holding Iran […]

Blaming Iran for a Houthi attack is “a pretext … to make war on Iran,” that ignores that MbS attacked Yemen “because Saudi Arabia had been used to having major influence on Yemen through dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh” … Pompeo Manipulatively Blames Iran as Saudi Arabia Loses 58% of Oil Production to Houthi Attack (Juan […]

“[T]he peaceful handover of power, a rarity in the Arab world, belies the political instability and economic stagnation that have plagued the country” which still has no constitutional court to resolve ambiguities: Four Things to Know About Tunisia’s Presidential Election (Al-Jazeera) “The national security adviser departed abruptly after President Trump suggested he might lift some […]

“The chapel’s most frequent users, according to chaplain Monica R. Lawson, are the Catholics who attend daily Mass there and the Muslims among the Pentagon’s massive workforce”: An Unsung Hero of the 9/11 Recovery: The Muslim Engineer Who Rebuilt the Pentagon Crash Site as a Chapel (Washington Post) The U.S. “was born out of a […]

The federal judge ruled that “the standard for inclusion in the database was too vague” to prevent “erroneous deprivation of plaintiffs’ travel-related and reputational liberty”: Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights (NY Times) “Yesterday you killed our children in Gaza. Today our heroes responded in Qalqilya, and then our resistance sent a pilotless drone […]

A “student … organized … petition supporting him … garnered more than 7,000 signatures” and his plight “elicited … support from … organizations including … the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education”: Freshman Previously Denied Entry to the United States Arrives at Harvard (Harvard Crimson) The true purpose of the movement to equate any criticism […]