“Applause broke out in the 15-member Security Council’s chambers after the vote on the measure, which passed 14 to 0,” at the U.S. break with Israel’s denial of the settlements’ illegality …
… “Egypt withdrew its sponsorship after the country’s president spoke by phone with Trump, who got involved at Israel’s request. Friday’s resolution was sponsored by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal”:
- U.S. Declines to Veto U.N. Security Council Resolution for Israel to Stop Jewish Settlement Activity (Washington Post)
Under the NSEERS program, federal agents asked immigrants from 24 Muslim countries such questions as: “Do you eat halal meat? What was the last movie that you watched? When do you go to mosque? Which mosque do you go to?”:
“[W]e would welcome more opportunity for private schools, but if anybody’s going to tell us we’re not involved in that pool of opportunity, we’re going to have a problem with that” – Karen Keyworth:
Romania’s first female prime minister may be a little known Muslim economist”:
- Romania Could see First Female Muslim Prime Minister (Al-Jazeera)
The most oppressed religious minority in Pakistan are “Muslims who are assumed by some or majority to be Non-Muslims. In fact, literally everyone is potentially a member of this category in the eyes of some”:
- Why Minority Muslim Sects Are at Most Risk in Pakistan (Huffington Post)
Aung San Suu Kyi’s “government has responded to growing international alarm over the [Rohingya] crisis with a dogged information campaign aimed at batting back reports of military abuse”:
“Within him is a great secret. They killed him, and buried the secret with him. I want the truth about my son — who was behind him, those who indoctrinated him” — mother of the slain terrorist:
- Berlin Attack Suspect Slain in Shootout with Italian Police (AP / Washington Post)