News and Analysis (11/14/16)

• ‘Is That Policy Still Operative?’: Jake Tapper Grills Giuliani On Trump’s Proposed Muslim Ban (Mediaite)

“Peaceful protest is good, but at a certain point, we have to sit down and talk. At the end of the day, we’re all human beings. We’re all Americans” – Faisal R. Khan:

• Trump’s Election Leaves American Muslims Reeling and Scared (Christian Science Monitor)

When the sermons took on “issues of social justice, such as the Black Lives Matter movement … the prayer service has begun to attract some Christian and atheist students”:

• Muslim College Chaplains Extend a Hand Across Religious Divides (NY Times)

Rival for the position Howard Dean calls Ellison “a very good guy” but says, “There’s one problem: You cannot do this job and sit in a political office at the same time. It’s not possible”:

• Will a Muslim Congressman Head the DNC? Keith Ellison Wins the Support of Bernie Sanders and Harry Reid Before He Has Even Announced His Own Candidacy (Daily Mail)

“[A]t the maternity clinic, Fatuma, 25, lies on a bed. After several weeks of reflection, and with her husband’s blessing, she readies herself for the insertion of a contraceptive device. ‘Since my religion accepts family planning, I’ll use it for the good of my health’”:

• Seeking Halal Contraception in Kenya’s Muslim Northeast (AFP / New Vision)

He expressed fear that “the Prince of Wales’ visit to the tiny kingdom could ‘whitewash’ an ongoing crackdown on dissent … [and] suggested the … ruling family should enter into a power-sharing agreement with political parties [in the face of] financial pressure from low oil prices“:

• Bahraini Politician Faces Charges After AP Interview (AP / abc News)

Muslim women immigrants “talked about the pressure they felt, in America, to be sexy. Razek said, “It’s the opposite of the expectation of modesty, but it almost feels the same” …

… while an American visitor to Saudi Arabia felt that although wearing a niqab “would have felt absurd[,] … after several weeks in Riyadh, going down to the lobby of my hotel without it felt like wearing a bikini top to the Met”:

• The Intimate World of Muslim Beauty (Allure)

In Egypt, flash protests arose over price increases and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK charges a “disturbing wave of radicalism” has emerged:

• Egypt Detains 200 Alleged Islamists over Protest Calls (AP / abc News)
• In Post-Arab Spring Egypt, Muslim Attacks on Christians Are Rising (Washington Post)

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