News and Analysis (12/6/16)

“[T]he legend of Pearl Harbor, re-used on 9-11, is responsible … for the permanent war mentality of the past 75 years, as well as for how World War II was escalated, prolonged, and completed”:

• 75 Years of Pearl Harbor Lies (Foreign Policy Journal)

“Elsokary, who regularly wears a hijab while on duty in Brooklyn, was praised for her heroism after she helped save a baby girl and an elderly man from a burning building in April 2014″ …

• Muslim NYPD Officer Threatened, Told ‘Go Back to Your Country’ (CNN)

… and just two days later:

• Muslim Transit Worker Shoved Down Stairs at Grand Central (Newser)

“If you’re looking for the true meaning of Christmas, you’ll find it at a Muslim-owned restaurant in London”:

• Muslim-Owned Restaurant Offers Free Christmas Dinners to the Elderly and Homeless: “No one eats alone on Christmas Day” (Huffington Post)

“[T]he civil rights chief for Attorney General Maura Healey, says that under state law, a community – in this case, the town of Dudley – can’t ‘prohibit, regulate, or restrict the use of land or structures for religious purposes’:

• Dudley, Mass., Warned over Vote on Proposed Muslim Cemetery (AP / CBS News)

Some Jewish leaders have joined Muslims in declaring, “The right to religious worship is God-given and not a matter of legislation”:

• Lawmakers Urge Dialogue Instead of Legislation (Jerusalem Post)

“The measure, which passed in a stormy Knesset session late on Monday, has been met with international condemnation, and has already strained relations within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing rightwing coalition“:

• Israel Votes to Authorise Illegal Settler Homes in Palestine (Guardian)

“Experts have pointed out that most perpetrators of mass violence in the United States are not Muslim, nor have any Syrian refugees been involved in violent attacks in the United States”:

• American Muslim Leaders to Trump: ‘Reconsider and Reject’ Your Bigoted Cabinet Nominees (Washington Post)

“The defendants’ names were not made public and Amnesty International criticized the proceedings as ‘a travesty of justice and a serious violation of human rights‘”:

• Saudi Court Sentences 15 to Death in Iran Spy Cell Trial (AP / abc News)

“Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen, which killed 19 people and forced the international group to pull out from northern Yemen”:

• Spokesman: Coalition Accidentally Bombed Yemen Hospital (AP / abc News)

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