Egypt’s plans for a new election can scarcely be called a return to democracy as long as its war on civil society continues at full tilt …
- Egypt Sets Oct Election Date, After Three Years Without Parliament (Reuters)
- Amal Clooney’s Dilemma over al-Jazeera Trial (BBC)
- The Latest: Greste Calls on El-Sissi to ‘Undo Injustice’ (AP /abc News)
… but is the US about to follow in Egypt’s footsteps? “An assistant professor in the law department of the US Military Academy at West Point has argued that legal scholars critical of the war on terrorism represent a ‘treasonous ‘ fifth column that should be attacked as enemy combatants”:
- West Point Professor Calls On US Military To Target Legal Critics Of War On Terror (Guardian/ Alternet)
“[M]y family received death threats for my public stand against the so-called Islamic State … [but] I knew as a matter of fact I wasn’t putting their lives at risk; I was protecting them so they will not be seen in any shape or form as condoning such a brutal ideology”:
- Saying ‘Rubbish’ in Lebanon to Politics by Faith (Christian Science Monitor)
Ebrahim Moosa was shocked when his former classmate Rashid Moosagie “surrendered the orthodox commitment about which he had exhorted [Ebrahim] and adopted the very idea he had mocked: a toxic version of political Islam on steroids”
- My Madrassa Classmate Hated Politics. Then He Joined the Islamic State (Washington Post)
“The admission of a coverup on Monday was buried in a lengthy biography of the new Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, apparently published to improve his image and quell the growing internal rancour over his appointment”:
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