“The UK, France and Germany responded that the pact was ‘in our shared national security interest’…. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said the US was ‘more isolated than ever’” …
“Trump decides to ‘decertify,’ but not scuttle, the … deal…. There are some issues that unite [Trump’s] advisers, and one is not blowing up the Iran deal altogether” …
- Trump’s Move on Iran Deal? At Its Core, a Compromise with His Cabinet (Christian Science Monitor)
… and “readings of shifts in Iranian society suggest Americans should support the nuclear pact even as the United States and its allies keep Iran in check on other issues”:
- The Big Hope Behind the Iranian Nuclear Pact (Christian Science Monitor)
With only 65 yearly visitors to the U.S. from North Korea and with Venezuelans not in government exempt from the ban, including those countries “doesn’t even qualify as a fig leaf”:
“Christians know that their tradition is internally diverse. There’s a lot of diversity within any religion, but that’s also true within Islam”:
- Islam and Christianity: Are They More Similar than They Appear? (Missouri State)
“Angered by the Paris terror attacks in 2015, a former US Marine fired dozens of shots at a mosque near his … home. Filled with regret, he tried to make amends”:
“[T]hese clothes weren’t plundered; they’re typical Viking-age clothing that shows the influence of [Islam] on these wide-ranging travelers”:
- Found: Viking Clothes with ‘Allah’ Embroidered in Silk (Atlas Obscura)
UNESCO promotes girl’s education, understanding “the Holocaust’s horrors, and [defends] media freedom” but the US & Israel won’t forgive it for defending Palestinian’s rights:
- US to Withdraw from UNESCO, Claiming Anti-Israel Bias (Christian Science Monitor)
“The greatest threat to [freedom comes not] from immigrants and refugees but from” exploiting fear of them to “chip away at the values and institutions that make our societies liberal”:
- White Nationalism Is Destroying the West (NY Times)
There is a “kernel of untruth demanded, of selfhood corroded, that is the burden of passing” as non-Muslim that weighs upon those who feel the necessity:
- Being Muslim at an American Airport (Christian Century)
This “version of Romeo and Juliet was easy to politicize … [by] those who consider themselves to be the self-appointed guardians of culture and society”:
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