News and Analysis (2/5/17)

Trump supporters expecting “a smarter, more self-interested, more restrained, and above all more successful foreign policy than his predecessors … should be disappointed and deeply worried”:

• Trump Has Already Blown It: The president could have started a foreign-policy revolution. Instead, he triggered a foreign-policy revolt (Foreign Policy)

“ISIS is emboldened now because Bannon’s undaunted pursuit of a clash will help … to ‘eliminate the gray zone‘ of coexistence between Muslims residing in the West and their non-Muslim neighbors”:

• Steve Bannon’s War with Islam: Trump may not even understand his adviser’s apocalyptic vision (Salon)

The president tweeted his surprise that “a so-called” [!] judge could overturn a presidential order:

• Department of Homeland Security Suspends Muslim Ban Following Judge Order (Independent)
• Airlines to Board Nationals Barred Under US Muslim Ban: President Donald Trump vows to restore travel ban after court temporarily halts order to keep refugees out of the US (Al-Jazeera)
• Appeals Court Rejects Justice Department Request to Immediately Reimpose Muslim Ban (Slate)

The Justice Dept. attorney didn’t know “how many citizens of the seven Muslim-majority countries targeted by the ban … had been arrested on domestic terrorism charges since 9/11” but he did. None:

• Why Judge Robart Blocked the Muslim Ban: There’s no constitutional way to implement an unconstitutional order (Slate)

A fake news story jumped on by Breitbart, Infowars, and Sputnik and promoted by Trump is refuted:

• Kuwait Denies ‘Muslim Ban’ Story Promoted by Donald Trump (Independent)

“The NYPD had the opportunity to show that the people who police us look like the community they police. Instead, they put her to the side and changed her assignment so she was not visible to the public”:

• Muslim Police Officer Says Fellow Cops Attacked Her, Tried to Rip Off Hijab (Huffington Post)

“Katebi’s work pushes in the opposite direction, helping open-minded Americans appreciate the nuances and diversity in Muslim culture”:

• America Has a Lot to Learn from This Muslim Fashion Blogger: Before you form an opinion on Islam, it helps to actually know the basics (Mother Jones)

“As many as 23 civilians were killed in the raid on a village in Yakla district on Saturday, including 10 children, rights group Reprieve says”:

• Spicer Defends ‘Very Thought-out’ Yemen Raid (BBC)

Canadian police deny that a pig’s head thrown at [a] mosque is “a hate crime – because the perpetrator was depressed. Or that the torching of another mosque [is] a hate crime because the perpetrator was drunk”:

• One Week Later: A message to the Muslim children left fatherless (Globe and Mail)

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