“Mueller’s investigators examined a series of [pre-inauguration] meetings between an Israeli social media strategist, the general blamed for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, and Trump adviser Michael Flynn … [which smack] of covert action planning, which is … uniquely the province of the sitting president”:
- Saudi Spy Met With Team Trump About Taking Down Iran (Daily Beast)
“In the wake of terrorist attacks perpetrated by self-identified Muslims, Americans … become more concerned about religious radicalism, [but] they do not commit a fallacy of generalization by feeling cooler towards Muslims in general”:
- Americans Are Distinguishing Between Muslims and Terrorists (Pacific Standard Magazine)
“Washington’s plan to minimise Iran’s influence in Iraq by ‘forming a strong Iraqi government on national basis’Â and a cross-sectarian coalition did not work. In other words, the ‘break down’” of Iraq’s ‘sectarian loyalties’Â is not happening at the expense of Iranian influence”:
- How Iran Won a Face-off with the US in Iraq (Al-Jazeera)
The singer says “her conversion was ‘the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. All scripture study leads to Islam’” and releases a video of her singing the call to prayer:
- Sinead O’Connor Converts to Islam, Changes Her Name to Shuhada Davitt (Consequence of Sound)
“[T]he decisions represented the position of the committee that a general criminal ban did not allow for a reasonable balance between public interests and individual rights” …
- France’s Niqab Ban V iolates Human Rights by Leaving Muslim Women ‘Confined at Home’, UN Panel Rules (Independent)
… but Coalition Avenir Québec ​Premier François Legault couldn’t care less:
One can distinguish quietist, activist, and violent varieties of Salafism:
- How to Understand Salafism in America (Economist)
“Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians and wounded 232, 180 of them from live fire, during protests along the border with Gaza on Friday”:
Palestinians object to what they see as the abandonment of ” the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, also known as the Saudi Initiative, which calls, among other things, for normalizing relations between the Arab countries and Israel in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines”:
- Palestinians Slam Oman over Netanyahu Visit (Jerusalem Post)
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