News and Analysis (12/13/15)

Despite being held at Guantanamo for eight years after charges were dropped so that he is a stranger to his own childrenÂ and being subjugated to abuse in detention, Aamer still denounces terrorism:

Shaker Aamer: Extremists ‘Have No Right to Live in the UK’ (BBC)

Violence against Muslims continues:

Court to Decide Whether Islam-Education Order Went Too Far (AP / abc News)
Muslim-Owned Cafe Defaced with Nazi Graffiti, Then Firebombed (Daily Beast)

The Blaze is surprised to find a Christian teacher at a Christian school teaching love:

Professor Announces Sheâ€™s Wearing a Muslim Headscarf During Advent. Just Wait Until You Hear Where She Teaches (Blaze)

“Clashes broke out after U.N. peacekeepers from the MINUSCA mission, brought in to protect poll workers and voters, came under fire in PK5, an enclave of Muslims who have refused to flee the capital Bangui despite attacks by Christian militias”:

Clashes Erupt in Central African Republic Amid Crucial ReferendumÂ (Reuters)

The well respected clericÂ is accused of “defying a ban on coverage of Mohammad Khatami, a former reformist president now described by authorities as a ‘seditionist,’” but “[m]oderates say there is no official ban and that the order was unilaterally imposed by hard-liners”:

Iran Editor Faces Trial After Printing Ex-President’s Photo (AP /abc News)

For the first time Saudi women vote and at least four win municipal seats:

Saudi Women Vote for First Time: Credible Progress? (Christian Science Monitor)
Saudi Arabia: First Women Councillors Elected (BBC)

There is still no “evidence that foreign militants directed” the San Bernardino attacks …

FBI Wraps Up Search of California Lake for Shooting CluesÂ (Reuters)

… and experts on hirabah (so-called “violent jihad”),Â “immigration lawyers and former U.S. diplomats say there’s no sign other foreign brides have soughtÂ Western marriages to launch attacks, and it’s still not clear if 29-year-old Tashfeen Malik did so”:

San Bernardino Attack: Are Jihadi Brides a New ISIS Threat? (Christian Science Monitor)

“Egypt’s best-selling author Alaa al-Aswany … supported the Egyptian military’s ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi“, but says now that “freedom of expression is at its lowest point, worse than in the days of Hosni Mubarak” :