Video and text of Obama’s speech at the Islamic Society of Baltimore:
- President Speaks at the Islamic Society of Baltimore (Obama Diary)
- Remarks by the President at Islamic Society of Baltimore (White House)
- At Morocco Summit, Muslim Leaders Stand Up for Religious Freedom (Gazette Extra)
“Omid Safi … told a B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday that the RCMP should have helped John Nuttall overcome his radical ideas, instead of preventing him from reaching out to mainstream, moderate religious leaders”:
While upholding the divorce, the Philippine Supreme Court ordered the husband to pay the wife about $500 and remanded the question child custody to the Sharia court saying the wife’s due process rights were denied:
- SC Affirms Divorce of Muslim Couple (Inquirer)
- #BREAKFREE From Islamophobia: ‘God Forbid That Muslim Girls Also Want Lacy Knickers’Â (Marie Claire)
- Rebuilding the Muslim House of Wisdom (Project Syndicate)
“Finding similarities in the problems they face, Muslim leaders from countries outside the Islamic world created an American-led federation to tackle Islamophobia, youth radicalization and integration in their respective societies”:
- Muslim Civic Groups Outside Islamic World Come Together (Religion News Service)
Even as “parties that are welcomed at the negotiating table … represent – or bankroll – the very same forces enacting savage blockades which sparked dire humanitarian conditions in Syria … and brutalized women” …
… a Pentagon spokesman offers to repeat history, saying that “‘there have been US forces on the ground in Libya, trying” … Â to determine which forces might be ‘worthy of US support’ in an eventual fight with the Islamic State”:
- ISIS Threat: Is Libya the Next Syria? (Christian Science Monitor)
