Former minister Hamid calls Tuesday’s death sentence against Morsi a “nail in the coffin of democracy” and Western diplomats criticize it for the risk it will turn Egypt’s first freely elected President  into a martyr, which could lead to an armed conflict …
- Egyptian Court Sentences Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood Leaders to Death (Christian Science Monitor)
… yet the U.S. continues its support of the regime even as the rising number of “disappearances” in the country is reminiscent of fascist Argentina:
- Egypt’s Vanishing Youth (NY Times)
- The Four Traits Sisi, Hitler and Mussolini Have in Common (Middle East Eye)
Since the January attack on the satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, there has been a rise on attacks on the Muslim community. The PM Manuel Valls took the opportunity at a conference to point out that Islam and extremism are not connected:
- Hate And Extremism ‘Not Islam’ says French PM (AFP / Yahoo News)
AÂ Muslim leader’s proposal to provide Frances’s 5 million Muslims with prayer space is opposed by far-right politicians, but welcomed by Christian ministers:
- French Muslim Leader Dalil Boubaker Calls for Empty Catholic Churches to Be Turned Into Mosques (International Business Times UK)
While still grieving, family of 17-year-old ISIS suicide bomber points out that “Isis did not represent Islam or Muslims ‘in any way, shape of form'” …
… Lady Warsi “urged ministers to reach out to Muslim communities rather than disengage with groups as she said they have been doing for the past seven years”:
Scott Shane portrays the Muslim community in Boston – their fear of further stigmatization of Muslims, the conflicts within the community, and the prejudice in the public:
- Boston Muslims Struggle to Wrest Image of Islam From Terrorists (New York Times)
Since the sun is up for around 18 hours in UK and never sets in northern Sweden during the summer – fasting for Muslims can be very hard:
