“It was the second major disaster during this year’s Hajj season, raising questions about the adequacy of measures put in place by Saudi authorities to ensure the safety of the roughly two million Muslims taking part in the annual religious event” …
- More than 700 Dead in Hajj Stampede, Saudi Arabia Authorities Say (Al-Jazeera America)
… the “Saudi health minister … earlier pointed a finger of blame at the dead, saying the pilgrims had been undisciplined and not followed movement instructions, but the witnesses disagreed.” One said that “police had closed all entrances and exits to the pilgrims’ camp, leaving only one”:
While the Pope expresses solidarity with Muslims, Â boy-genius Bobby Jindal echoes Ben Carson saying that he will only consider voting for a Muslim who would “put his hand on the Bible: i taking th eoath office:
- Pope Offers Prayers ‘for My Muslim Brothers and Sisters’ (Times-Picayune)
“[W]hat if someone told you that you couldn’t become president because of your color? What if someone told you that you couldn’t become president because of your race? What if someone told you that you couldn’t become president because of your faith? And that’s what you did to me”:
“It’s important for me because it’s my way of representing myself as a Muslim. And also I’d be showing that I think I can perform just as well as someone who’s wearing half the clothes that I’m wearing”:
Although “50 parents, students, faculty and community members spoke against Nichols, and only two supported him, … he stands by his earlier statement that he didn’t post the comment disparaging the sanitary habits of Muslims and also said he won’t name the person who used his phone to do so”:
- Columbia Heights School Board Member Won’t Step Down (Star-Tribune)
“[A]fter he was seen reading a textbook titled ‘Terrorism Studies’ in the campus library”, the student “in the terrorism, crime and global security master’s program was approached by an official who ‘grilled him about his views on homosexuality, the Islamic State and al Qaeda’”:
- Muslim U.K. Student Investigated by School for Reading Book on Terrorism (Washington Times)
“No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. However, Saudi Arabia has seen a series of recent assaults claimed by affiliates of the extremist Islamic State group. The kingdom is taking part in a U.S.-led coalition targeting the militants in Syria and Iraq”:
- Gunmen Attack Saudi Police Checkpoints, Killing 3 (AP / abc News)
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