“What Mr Hellyer longs to see is the emergence, at least in the wider world, of rigorously independent voices who are willing to denounce human-rights abuses by all sides”:
- Western Muslims and Egypt, Telling (All) Hard Truths (The Economist)
“The fundamental reason behind this shameful situation in many Muslim countries is clearly the failure of political leadership, exacerbated by the sheepish role of the religious scholars and an absence of a strong civil society”:
- The Asphyxiated Politics of the Muslim World (Al-Jazeera)
“We will work today to replace fear with hope. There is no future for Tunisia without consensus and without harmony between all the parties and civil society” –Â Beji Caid Essebsi, new President of Tunisia:
- Tunisia’s New President Pledges Reconciliation (AP / abc News)
“Until shortly before the vote on Tuesday, council diplomats had expected the resolution to get nine yes votes. But Nigeria abstained, with its ambassador, U Joy Ogwu, echoing the US position in saying that the path to peace lay ‘in a negotiated solution’” …
… “Palestinian officials are meeting today to plan their next steps, including possibly setting a date to apply to join the International Criminal Court, Palestinian officials told the Associated Press. Â Such a move could pave the way to war crimes prosecutions against Israel, the Financial Times reported”:
- Palestinians Lose Statehood Bid but Gain Momentum at UN (Christian Science Monitor)
Last month Sisi “issued a new law that would technically allow him to deport [Peter] Greste, who is an Australian citizen, and possibly [Mohamed] Fahmy, a dual Canadian-Egyptian national. But fearing a backlash among his supporters, he has not yet shown strong intent to use the law, or to issue a pardon”:
In her New Year’s speech, the German chancellor Angel Merkel criticized the anti- Muslim movement in Germany, calling PIEGDA a threat to German values, and urged to”not follow people who organize these, for their hearts are cold and often full of prejudice, and even hate.”:
- Merkel Criticizes Anti-Islam PEGIDA Movement in New Year’s Speech (Deutsch Welle)
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