The Chinese government continues the its hopeless effort to force Muslims to break their fast, even forcing students “to dine with their professors, [so] those who refused risked sanction from university officials”:
- China’s War on Ramadan Sees Muslim Students Forced to Break Fast (Washington Post)
The “ceaseless Israeli bombing campaign, with airstrikes every five minutes, has turned the frenetic hub of the Gaza Strip into a virtual ghost town, emptying streets  …
- Israeli Bombing Turns Gaza into Ghost Town (AP / abc News)
… and the intended target of an Israeli bombing wasn’t in, but eight disabled noncombatants were, helpless to escape the Israeli onslaught …
… Not only the war is not equal, but the media is no longer sure who started the war. As the conflict escalates, Israel considers invading the Gaza strip …
- Israeli Army Set for Ground Invasion of Gaza (The Irish Times)
… Despite the rise in death toll in Palestine, Netanyahu refuses to halt his airstrikes, saying “ “I am not speaking with anyone about a ceasefire. That is not under consideration”:
- Israel-Gaza Crisis: Benjamin Netanyahu Rules Out Ceasefire Despite Growing Death Toll From Air Strikes (The Independent).
… Even with the international pressure on Israel, it refuses to halt its airstrikes, with Netanyahu insisting, “I will end it when our goals are realized. And the overriding goal is to restore the peace and quiet.” Is this a euphemism for extermination of the Palestinians?Â
- Israel: Gaza Conflict Ends ‘When Our Goals Are Realized (Detroit Free Press)
… For although Israel claims to be “only attacking Hamas” its obvious that it has set itself out to kill as many Palestinians as possible. When it hits a mosque, claims its a Hamas breeding ground, when it hits a charity building, it calls it an accident …
- Israel Air Strike ‘Hits Charitable Association for Disabled’ in Gaza (The Telegraph)
… frustrating Palestinian elders trying to reign in angry youth and leaving them asking, “They [Israelis] are asking us to calm down our children – how can we do this when they are burning our children alive? 
- As East Jerusalem Seethes, Palestinian Elders Go Unheeded (Christian Science Monitor)
… On the redeeming side, abc News now admits to, and apologizes for, misidentifying the Palestinian victims of Israeli violence as Israeli victims of Palestinian violence …
- ABC News’s Sawyer Issues Textbook on-Air Correction Over Israel-Palestine its Mistake (The Washington Post)
… and believers among Muslims and Jews in America come together for Iftar, showing that they have “have much in common, and can enjoy each others’ food and company”; asked how they will deal with the escalating conflict, one Chicago Muslim responded, “There will probably be a lot of prayerâ€Â :
- Breaking the Ramadan Fast in the Company of Jews (Washington Post)
The claim that Islam is the “ideology” that is driving the acts of violence or terrorism is a fallacy that “distracts us from the more obvious societal ills such as lack of education, employment, security, resources and hope”, as if  “thugs … are driven by some well-thought-out theological position”:Â
- ‘Islamic Terrorists’ Are Thugs, Not Theologians (Miami Herald)
Despite his perpetuation of Bush policies in the Muslim world and spying on Muslims in the US, not to mention Guantanamo Bay, Obama’s respectful rhetoric towards Islam has earned him a 72% rating among American Muslims in a new Gallop poll, Â “his best rating among religious groups — by far”:
- Obama, Long Mistaken for a Muslim, Has Huge Following Among U.S. Muslims (Washington Post)
Daily Wonkette has fun mocking Breirbart’s pathetic Islamophobic alarm that Muslim terrorists are flooding across the Mexican border disguised as teenage Guatamalans:
- Dead Breitbart Freaks Out over ‘Muslim Prayer Rug’ Found Near Border, Sheeple See Only a ‘Shirt’ (Daily Wonkette)
Muslim leaders in Britain condemn the acts of terrorist carried by ISIS, saying that “ ISIS does not represent the majority of Islam…Violence has no place in religion, violence has no religion. It is prohibited for people to present themselves for destruction” :
- Leaders Condemn Violence Carried Out in Name of Islam (Herald Scotland)
“The judgment has held that fatwa is a legal opinion only which binds none except those who voluntarily agree to abide†— Feroz Khan Ghazi, Secretary General of South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association:
- Muslims Now See Light in Supreme Court Verdict on Sharia Law (Daily News India)
Islam requires scholarship, because its a religion that favors the educated and the aware. To overcome extremism, the President of Singapore launched  “a  Resource and Counselling Centre  that aims to counter misinterpretations of Islam in Singapore:
“The mass extrajudicial killings may be evidence of war crimes or crimes against humanity, and appear to be revenge killings for atrocities by (Islamic State)” — Han Right Watch:
- Iraqi Forces Executed 255 Sunni Prisoners in Apparent Revenge Killings (Christian Science Monitor)
