With $150 million earmarked for the Yemen to combat Al-Qaida earlier this year, al-Awlaki mocks U.S. foreign policy, stating that U.S. military presence has “accomplished for (Al-Qaida) the work of years”:
- Yemeni-American Cleric Says Obama Will Bog Down US Forces In Just Like Afghanistan (Los Angeles Times)
“[I]t is not the business of a secular state to back one or other interpretation of Islam … Governments should only enforce the law of the land and promote tolerance and dialogue”:
- The Wrong Kind of Intervention (Guardian)
“If Muslims want to stand for peace, they must stand patiently. We must respond to fear, intolerance and even hatred with peace, education and patience. That is our true Jihad”:
- Ground Zero Mosque: A Muslim’s Perspective (Huffington Post)
Despite government efforts to push Israelis and Palestinians apart, a small group of Israeli women are working to bring them together, at the beach:
- Israeli Group Gives Young Palestinians Their First Taste Of The Beach (Washington Post)
“Today, it is essential for us Muslims to understand the true meaning of the Quran and Islam for ourselves, and to wrest this right from the ‘policemen’ of religion, the mullahs and maulvis”:
- Society Awakes And Fatwas Fail (Counter Currents)
Extremists anonymous hot-line? Unlike deradicalization programs in “Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Singapore” Germany’s program tries to get radicals or their families to call in before they commit a crime”:
- Germany Starts Program For Islamist Extremists Who Want To Quit (Los Angeles Times)
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