Americans, Indians and Muslims … were all opposed to colonial rule”:
- Happy 4th – Muslims Are an Integral Part of American Heritage  (Americans Together)
The so-called “Islamic State” may not be Islamic, but it is definitely a state, for like other states it fixes potholes and kills people …
- In Ramadi, the Islamic State Settles in, Fixing Roads and Restoring Electricity (Washington Post)
- Why the BBC Said No When David Cameron Asked It to Stop Using the Term Islamic State (Washington Post)
… so remember that the nation-state paradigm was invented by the West when you wonder why “young Muslims from Western countries have heeded the bloodcurdling call of the Islamic State, leaving behind societies they see as decadent, hypocritical and irreligious to start new lives in a war zone”:
- Britain Split on How to Counter Draw of Radicalism (Washington Post)
Tunisia declares a state of emergency in the wake of the beach hotel killings, but were those killings revenge for the U.S. airstrike that killed Saifallah Benhassine on June 13?
“[D]ue to federal judge Curtis Collier’s order, attorneys behind the deal have 21 days to prove that Doggart is ‘a true threat’ in the eyes of the law. Both the prosecutor and government had acknowledged that it was a true threat”:
- Alleged Muslim Massacre Plotter Freed As Judge Asks If He’s A ‘True Threat’ (Talking Points Memo)
Even as a  Daesh affiliate claims credit for rocket attacks from Sinai on Israel, the PA, Daesh and Israel,all strike out against Hamas:
“A government-linked Saudi news website says that King Salman has ordered an investigation and trial against a pro-Muslim Brotherhood scholar and a television host after an episode that was critical of King Abdullah’s policies toward the outlawed Islamist group”:
- Saudi King Censors TV Host, Pro-Brotherhood Scholar (PTI / New Indian Express)
Muqtedar Khan talks “about a moment in Muslim history when racism was transcended and its enduring legacy” and of the “first black Muslim” who is a hero to African-American Muslims and the model for every Muslim who has ever given the call to prayer, regardless of race or ethnicity:
- Racism in America and Islam: Remembering Bilal (Huffington Post)
“Albania under Hoxha was one of the world’s most paranoid, self-isolated regimes. It was a place where atheism was the state religion and private car ownership, beards and long hair were banned…. Foreign travel was utterly inconceivable for ordinary Albanians. Contact with foreign ideas spelled trouble”:
- If EU Shuns Albania Radical Islam Beckons (Financial Times)
As the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program enter the home stretch …
… Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sees “hope, because I see emergence of reason over illusion. I sense that my negotiating partners have recognised that coercion and pressure never lead to lasting solutions, but to more conflict and further hostilityâ€:
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