News and Analysis (3/14/07)

Al-Qaeda’s indiscriminate suicide attack campaign against Muslims now spreads to Pakistan: 

• Islamic Militants in Pakistan Bomb Targets Close to Home (New York Times) 

…which has only added to President Musharraf’s troubled political situation: 

• Pakistan’s ‘Isolated’ President (BBC News) 

Signs of Somalia’s continued anarchy are evident as formerly exiled President gets shelled on upon his return to the Presidential palace: 

• Somalia Leader Shelled Upon Return to Capital (Reuters) 

Editorial by Christian Science Monitor endorses Islamic faith-based approach to Muslim female empowerment: 

• Muslim Women Can Reshape Islam (Christian Science Monitor) 

“Of all the groups, there is probably more suspicion about CAIR, but when you ask people for cold hard facts, you get blank stares,” – Michael Rolince, former FBI counterterrorism official 

• Scrutiny Increases for a Muslim Advocates in U.S. (New York Times) 

A group of historians cutting across ethnic and religious lines from the Balkans seek to reform how history is taught in order to stem future extremist nationalism: 

• To Avoid ‘Us vs. Them’ in Balkans, Rewrite History (Christian Science Monitor)

Alejandro

Alejandro Beutel is program assistant for the Minaret of Freedom Institute with expertise in religious freedom, democratization and security issues.