“The marches were the most ambitious attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood to press its demands since August 14, when authorities smashed two pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo and then declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew. An Egyptian army vehicle fired live rounds in the direction of Brotherhood supporters” …
… but “[a]fter more than two years of upheaval, Egyptians appear too weary to fight for the state’s most prominent victim. The two policemen accused of killing him remain free, their trial adjourned”:
- Why Egyptians Don’t Care About Khaled Said, Whose Death Began Their Revolution (Christian Science Monitor)
“A federal judge in Washington has ordered the release of a mentally ill Guantanamo Bay prisoner who has been held without charge at the U.S. base in Cuba for more than 11 years …Â after the U.S. government dropped its opposition to his release”:
- Judge Orders Release of Sick Guantanamo Prisoner (AP / abc News)
“Rioters burned tires and set fire to a church in unrest that erupted in the wake of Friday afternoon prayers one day after unidentified attackers opened fire on Sheikh Ibrahim Amor and the three other men as they traveled home after delivering sermons at Musa Mosque”:
“Muslim workers were forced to tell managers when they were going to pray and had to ask for the key and fill in their names in a book every time they entered the room. They also claimed they were forbidden to worship in groups and were only allowed to pray one at a time”:
“Using education to battle ignorance has become Malik’s personal mission with ‘Unveiled’…. ‘I feel that theater is a very powerful way to solve some of our problems in society. I believe in the power of theater, and the power of storytelling,’ she said”:
- Rohina Malik’s ‘Unveiled’ Play Breaks Down Stereotypes of Muslim Women  (Huffington Post)
“We have not taken this decision lightly. I have spent quite a lot of time researching the issue and speaking to Muslim elders. There is nothing specifically written in the Qur’an about wearing a beard. It is a choice those boys are making. However inclusive we are, we have standards to maintain” — Mount Carmel Roman Catholic high school Headteacher Xavier Bowers:
“Friday prayer leaders this week pledged to ‘support the wisdom’ and ‘problem-solving’ mission of Mr. Rouhani. And … analysts say hard-liners bent on perpetual conflict with the West remain headline-grabbing noisy – and still burn the Stars and Stripes – but have little influence right now”:
- Is Rouhani Bringing an End to Iran’s ‘Death to America’ Chants? (Christian Science Monitor)
Ziad Abed Sabateen “lost ‘lots of land,’ confiscated since 1985, ‘without financial compensation’ to enlarge Israeli settlements” and his “sister ‘was deported to Jordan and can’t [come] back’ to what was once the family properties” but he wants to prove that it is “possible to reestablish the harmony without calling [in] the [Israeli] army, which would make matters worse” …
- A Rabbi and a Palestinian Farmer Are Neighbors, Partners – and Friends (Christian Science Monitor)
… for notwithstanding the restoration of “several hundred acres from residents of the West Bank village of Burka to build the Israeli settlement of Homesh” almost four decades after their seizure and eight years after  the illegal settlement for which they  were seized was razed …
- In Rare Case, Palestinians Reclaim Settlement Land (AP / abc News)
… the Israeli High Court has clearly signalled that the underlying structure of apartheid will not be compromised and residents must identify themselves as “Jew, Arab, Druse,” etc., but “cannot identify themselves as Israelis in the national registry because the move could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s Jewish character”:
- Israeli Court Rejects Israeli Nationality Status (AP / abc News)
As “Al-Qaida militants battled fighters linked to the Western-backed opposition along with Kurdish gunmen in Syrian towns along the Turkish border on Friday, in clashes that killed at least 19 people” …
- Syrian Rebel Groups Battle Each Other in North (AP / abc News)
… Assad warns Turkey, “It is not possible to put terrorism in your pocket and use it as a card because it is like a scorpion which won’t hesitate to sting you at the first opportunity”:
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