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Doctor files lawsuit after being manhandled by security guard over performing prayer ritual:  

• Doctor Alleges Assault During Islamic Ritual (Washington Post) 

Government Transparency Watch: Guantánamo detainees file lawsuit against secretiveness and double jeopardy practices of Military Tribunals and White House removes important passage from government privacy watchdog report  

• Guantánamo Detainees’ Suit Challenges Fairness of Military’s Repeat Hearings (New York Times)  

• White House Edits to Privacy Board’s Report Spur Resignation (Washington Post)  

Indonesia and Pakistan hold meetings to devise strategies to fight terrorism through Islamic religious teachings:  

• RI, Pakistan to Address Terror with ‘Soft Power’ (The Jakarta Post)  

Arab and Jewish neighbors live within blocks of each other, but political tensions make them seem “far” to each other:  

• Jerusalem: Unified City, Divided Views (Christian Science Monitor)  

A brief glimpse into the extent of suppression of independent media in one of Central Asia’s most totalitarian states:  

• Why There’s Little Coverage of the Andijan Massacre in Uzbekistan (Christian Science Monitor) 

Alejandro

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

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