U.S. politicians saved the totalitarian cult “disowned by the opposition Green Movement and … loathed by ordinary Iranians for having fought on Saddam Hussein’s side during the Iran-Iraq war” from its place on the U.S. terrorism list:
“[T]he Afghan girls are the only nation’s team to be denied visas by the U.S. and must participate from afar, watching from their hometown in western Afghanistan”:
- Afghan Students Denied US Visa to Attend Robot Competition (AP/ abc News)
“Collective culpability is a dangerous fiction.” Extremists typify neither white people nor Muslims; rather it is “everyday people who responded so sensitively and beautifully to the Finsbury Park attack” represent humanity:
In the U.S. separate is unequal, but in Britain the state funds religious schools, so a showdown on gender segregation was inevitable. A judge’s decision that “[t]here is no evidence in this case that segregation particularly disadvantages women” will be appealed:
- Court Lifts Ban on Naming Faith School in Segregation Case (The Guardian)
A Palestinian American woman in a hijab promoting nonviolent resistance and activism has become a target for those who would silence and discredit racial-justice activists because they “are awakening the masses”:
- Islamophobes are Attacking me Because I’m Their Worst Nightmare (Washington Post)
Iran’s President says the police’s job is not to administer Islam, and that they do not have the right to pull women over for not covering in their car:
- Iranian Women Spark Debate by Defying Hijab Rule in Cars (The Guardian)
Although Iraq declared victory, airstrikes continue and Amnesty International warns of a civilian disaster:
- Post-ISIS Mosul Tremors with Lingering Airstrikes (Christian Science Monitor)
The Muslim congregation is now the largest one in Washington D.C.’s Church of the Epiphany:
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