Month: January 2021

Groups like CAIR are on high alert following Capitol riots as they receive direct message from hate group threatening to go “Muslim hunting”: FBI Investigating Alleged Anti-Muslim Instagram Threat (KTVI) “The case has amplified disquiet over the scheme, which has been labelled anti-Muslim and called discriminatory and divisive”: Muslim Boy, 4, Was Referred to Prevent…

Since VP Harris was critical of Kashmir annexation in 2019, many are hopeful to see improvements in the region: Hope in Kashmir as Modi Critic Kamala Harris Takes Office (Arab News) Neoconservative critics are terrified that Biden will appoint a man who has “has called U.S. Middle East policy ‘a litany of failed enterprises’ requiring…

Biden administration want to take the JPOCA is a starting point with or without Israeli input:  Biden Says He Will Seek to Rejoin Iran Nuclear Deal as a Starting Point (CBS/ Yahoo! News) Biden Will Not Wait for Israel to Make Moves on Iran (Yney) Iran Wants the Nuclear Deal It Made (Foreign Affairs) The…

President Biden’s repeal of the “Muslim” travel ban brings positive comments from Muslims around the country: Federal Executive Order Repeals Muslim Travel Ban  (CBS19 News) ‘I Can Breathe Again’: Affected Families Celebrate the End of the Muslim Ban (Huffington Post) Twitter now says the account banned for violating its policies “was ‘fake,’ without elaborating how…

As Biden enters office, there are several challenges his administration needs to overcome regarding Iran: Nine Hurdles to Reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) Israel censors groups like B’Tselem who describe the country as an “apartheid state” from teaching at schools: Israel to Rein in Rights Groups Over Use of ‘Apartheid…

Egypt seizes assets of Muslim brotherhood members using a 2018 law regarding “organisation and management of the assets of terrorists and terrorist groups”: Egypt Seizes Assets of Morsi, 88 Muslim Brotherhood Members (Middle East Eye) 22-year-old Muslim is elected into office to serve on local Board of Education reflecting increased Muslim involvement in politics: Skokie’s…

Truck parked near US Capitol during last week’s riot had a threatening message singling out Andre Carson for being one of the few Muslims in the US Congress: Muslim Congressman Singled Out by Man Arrested During US Capitol Riot (Middle East Eye) Fairfax County is being sued for when Muslim school board member was pulled…

Contradicting past U.S. intelligence officials description of a complicated and tense relationship between Iran and Al Qaeda, Pompeo accused the nation of actively supporting the extremist group: Mike Pompeo Claims Without Evidence that Iran Is al-Qaida’s New ‘Home Base’ (The Guardian) Pompeo Says al-Qaeda’s ‘New Home Base’ Is Iran, with No Evidence (Aljazeera) Days after…

Noting that since 2015 Afghani civilian and military deaths are more than 400 times the number of Americans military deaths, President Ghani hopes that Iranian-American negotiations will coincide with U.S. troops withdrawal: Afghan President Calls for Long-Term Relations with Iran (Tehran Times) After Palestinian groups warned against Israel utilizing the last bits of Trump’s presidency…