“[R]eligious differences are not the only reason Rohingya are being forced out.” Myanmar will seize 3 million acres in Rakhine state paying the owners little or no compensation …
- Business Ties Complicate Muslim States’ Response to Rohingya (Philadelphia Tribune)
… as the crisis grows to unbearable proportions …
- Rohingya Refugee Camps Swell to Dramatic Proportions (AP / Christian Science Monitor)
… so does the hypocrisy:
- Time for the World to Step Up on Rohingya Issue, Aung San Suu Kyi’s Astounding Hypocrisy (Christian Science Monitor)
A nationals security analyst notes  that “Reagan kept the US adhering to the arms deals even though the Soviets went into Afghanistan;” but them Donald Trump is no Ronald Reagan:
- Trump’s Diplomatic Dance on Iran: What’s His Next Step? (Christian Science Monitor)
“White House chief of staff … Kelly prohibited Gorka from speaking in a public setting” and after the tirade “told Gorka his security clearance had been revoked“:
Only 15% of respondents named freedom of religion as protected by the 1st Amendment and 37% “were unable to name any of the rights guaranteed” there-under:
- A Scary Number Of Americans Don’t Think Muslims Or Atheists Have Constitutional Rights (Huffington Post)
It technically applies to “surgical masks, fancy dress and balaclavas worn in certain circumstances. But the intention of the legislation is to ban Islamic headdresses”:
“[C]ontemporary Muslim conservatives … focus exclusively on a decontextualized phrase ‘you approach men with desire instead of women’ to condemn gay and bisexual Muslims”:
- Muslims Can, and Need To, Affirm Bisexuality in Islam (Huffington Post)
Like the protagonist, the filmmaker “was a huge Jackson fan in his teens and then became Salafi during his university years, before moving away from the movement”:
“In 2016, another past winner … was given a 14-month suspended prison sentence for insulting President Erdogan with a satirical poem she shared on social media”:
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