News and Analysis (6/8/07)

Grand Mufti of Egypt in op-ed denounces terrorism and argues that continued flexibility and adaptability in Islamic law is necessary to “provide solutions confronting the Muslim world”:  

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah makes call to stop internal fighting among Palestinian factions and muster the “political will to implement existing agreements”:  

Bowing down from intense international and domestic criticism, President Musharraf ends “misinterpreted” media censorship:  

Shi’a Iraqi cleric Moqtada As-Sadr appeals to Arab nations to bring stability in Iraq and rejects US, Iranian intervention in national affairs:  

Latest allegation of police torture is part of a greater trend of abuse that is causing people to lose trust in the police and judicial system:  

Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Michael Gerson finds that Turkey’s bid to enter into the EU and its interpretation of Islam based the Qur’anic verse “let there be no compulsion in religion” allow for greater religious liberty than many other Muslim-majority countries: 

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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