To succeed at reform in his second term Rouhani must apply the “win-win approach he has defined for foreign policy … [to] domestic issues”:
- Rouhani’s Election Victory in Iran Was Dramatic, but How Deep Did It Go? (Christian Science Monitor)
“Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the administration would appeal to the Supreme Court” …
… after a “US appeal court’s chief judge states revised ban ‘drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination'”:
- Court Maintains Block on Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban (Al-Jazeera)
“[S]everal residents of the Mosul neighborhood told The Associated Press on Friday there were no IS fighters or explosives inside the house struck by the US bomb”:
- Iraqis Demand Compensation from US for Bombing that Killed More than 100 Civilians (AP / Christian Science Monitor)
Olivier Roy argues that the “home-grown” Muslim terrorist have more in common with American mass school-shooters than with previous generations of Muslim warriors:
- Who Are the New Jihadis? (Guardian)
“Time and again Karak’s residents have chosen to rally … [together] in the face of forces that sought to turn Muslims and Christians against each other”:
- In Jordanian City Hit by ISIS, Old Lessons on Christian-Muslim Coexistence (Christian Science Monitor)
Prohibiting bullying anyone over religion would be better wording, but the plaintiffs’ assertion that Islamophobia is “a problem that does not exist” seems Islamophobic:
- San Diego School District Sued over Anti-bullying Policy that Protects Muslim Students (Chicago Tribune)
Abe Lincoln admired Emir Abdelkader, “a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism”:
“She attempted to appeal the grade, but college policy requires an instructor’s signature on the form. [Her instructor] twice refused, according to the law suit”:
- Muslim Student Claims Professor Failed Her over Religion, Files Lawsuit Against New Jersey College (Daily News)
Security forces bungled a raid, provoking chaos in which gunmen seized “bridges, roads and buildings and [took] Christians hostage. Duterte responded [with] martial law”:
