Month: August 2021

It is possible to teach about 9/11 without triggering anti-Muslim hysteria: include the Muslim immigrants who lost their lives as first responders, discuss the “Muslim ban” and “no-fly lists,” and keep students safe: Commentary: Lessons About 9/11 Often Provoke Harassment of Muslim Students (Press Herald) Gantz’s “previously undisclosed talks on Sunday with President Mahmoud Abbas”…

“[I]deology is going to have to take a backseat if the Taliban government is to survive” …: The Taliban Talks a Lot About Sharī‘a — but How Much Does that Really Tell Us About How They Will Govern? (ABC) … but Biden’s withdrawal of American diplomats from Kabul guarantees no American influence, at least in…

Palestinian medics reported at least 14 people were wounded, including five who were shot protesting a blockade “that has devastated Gaza’s economy and fueled an unemployment rate that hovers at approximately 50 percent”: Palestinians in Gaza Resume Protests Against Israeli Blockade (Al-Jazeera) Unclear guidelines and fear of sanctions are stopping tech companies from selling products…

Pro-Palestine activists staged a protest outside an Israeli arms manufacturer’s plant in the borough of Oldham, UK, as part of their nationwide campaign against one of Israel’s “largest arms manufacturers”: Production of Israeli Arms Halted – Elbit’s Oldham Factory Shut Down By Palestine Action (Palestine Action) Mohammed El Halabi was accused of “stealing relief money…

“Groups of armed Afghans attacked the Taliban on Friday, driving Afghanistan’s new rulers out of three northern districts, the first assault against the Islamist militants since they swept into Kabul last week and seized control of the government”: Anti-Taliban Fighters Claim Victories as First Stirrings of Armed Resistance Emerge (Washington Post) Israeli troops fired on…

U.S. intervention created the corruption in Afghanistan that made the Taliban takeover so easy in the end … Sanction Pakistan? Try Blaming America for Afghanistan (TRT World) Dispatches from Afghanistan: The Bombshell Interview (Hollie McKay) … but will the Taliban do any better than they did last time? Defining Change: Who Are the Taliban that…

Pakistan serves as a scapegoat for the United States as they exit Afghanistan, ending a 20 year war that “created a political order that prioritized its counterterrorism agenda over the Afghan people”: Sanction Pakistan? Try Blaming America for Afghanistan (TRT World) In the past 13 days, the Israeli apartheid regime has illegally “demolished, seized or forced…

“[P]rominent civil rights, Jewish, and faith-based organizations and leaders today strongly denounced flagrant anti-Muslim animus targeting Dilawar Syed and his historic nomination for deputy administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)”: Flagrant Anti-Muslim Bias Weaponized Against SBA Nominee (Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) After decades of lying through omission,  a more honest…

Palestinian poet Darren Tatour exposes the horrors she faced after being imprisoned for her poems in 2015 … Decolonizing the Mind: An Interview with Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour (Core Middle East) … while the winner of the UN’s 2012 Humanitarian Hero Award languished in an Israeli jail though Israel, having “no proof to back their charges”…