The first White House iftar was in 1805, but Donald Trump is no Thomas Jefferson, nor even a George W. Bush:
- Donald Trump Ends Decades-long White House Tradition of Celebrating Ramadan with Iftar Dinner (Independent)
“Francis Boyle … asserts that the recent U.S. shoot-down of a Syrian government jet inside Syria … was not only illegal … law but amounts to an impeachable act”:
- A Baseless Justification for War in Syria (Consortium News)
“We believe our allies and partners are stronger when they are working together towards one goal which we all agree is stopping terrorism and countering extremism”:
Turkey refuses to go along with Gulf States’ equating armed resistance to Israel’s military occupation to terrorists who deliberately and systematically target of civilians:
- Turkey to Keep Qatar Military Base Despite Arab Nations’ Demands (Christian Science Monitor)
No longer observant, this young Muslim feels like “a spy, privy to hearing the racist and Islamophobic things other people say”:
- Undercover “Muslimâ€: My Hidden Islamic Heritage (Youth Radio)
“Justice Minister Hisham al-Shaar … that the release was a bid to “sustain national reconciliations efforts and the homeland’s unity”:
Critics say the government profession “of threats from ultra-nationalist groups … [is] a convenient scapegoat for” the conservative government’s disapproval of the parade:
“[T]he story of Emily and Kumail is about more than the fraught courtship of two lovers. It’s about the fraught courtship of two cultures”:
- ‘The Big Sick’ Is Best Comedy of 2017 so Far, and So Much More (Christian Science Monitor)
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