The State Department’s warning is reminiscent of how the U.S. eventually admitted that chemical weapons use it falsely attributed to Iran was actually the work of Saddam Hussein:
Trump says his policy is to kill terrorists, but “since the Taliban kicked off their spring offensive … [i]nsurgents disguised as soldiers took the lives of up to 250 recruits“:
- Trump’s Afghan Policy Causing a Rethink on Both Sides in Conflict (Christian Science Monitor)
Muslim women say, “Men dictating or debating how women should, can or cannot dress can be viewed as oppressive… there is no compulsion in religion, according to Islam” …
- Scots Muslim Writer Who Lives Under Fatwa Calls for Burka Ban (Herald Scotland)
… in agreement with feminists who say, “Telling a woman how to dress—whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa—is the opposite of feminism”:
- North America’s First ‘Burqa Ban’ Passed by Quebec Liberals in Name of ‘Religious Neutrality’ (Reason)
“Islam does not allow them (ulemas) to issue any order or impose their views on anyone in religious matters….They have no authority to ‘bedakhal’ (oust) anyone from Islam”:
- Fatwa-hit Muslim Women Group Seeks Ban on Darul Uloom (Times of India)
Prevented “from boarding an Emirates flight to the U.S., despite having a visa and an official invitation to a conference from … the chairman of the U.S joint chiefs of staff”:
“Texas banned any contractor who supports the BDS campaign from receiving state funds”:
“[P]rayer services for the victims of the Mogadishu bombing were held at more than 20 mosques across the U.S. and Canada”:
“As long as reconciliation deals only with humanitarian and environmental problems … it can succeed. But the moment it addresses major security and political matters, it will fail” …
- Will Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Deal Succeed? (Jonathan Cook)
… “Peace has been out of reach, because of the continued occupation that the Israeli leaders say is there to stay…. Will Palestinian unity change any of that?”
- What Palestinian Unity Will, and Won’t, Achieve (Christian Science Monitor)
