The U.S. supports Pakistan while Pakistan’s ISI supports the Taliban. Whistle-blower Wikileaks releases thousands of leaked classified documents proving the connection; founder Julian Assange explains:
- Why the World Needs WikiLeaks (Al-Jazeera)
IDF Military Advocate General Avichai Mandelblit confirms Goldstone Report findings on war crimes; IDF back peddles “as though they were frightened by Goldstone”:
“[I]f there is harm in wearing the veil … it is permitted that she shows her face when need and necessity demand it,” says Islamic jurisprudent Mohamed al-Nujaimi:
“The jailing of [Sheikh Raed Salah] exposes the divide among Israeli Arabs and Jews. Arabs say it is further proof of Jewish discrimination; Jews say it shows how the nation’s Arabs exploit Israeli democracy”:
- Israel Jails Country’s Top Islamic Militant (Voice of America)
“Islamophobia is a mixture of racism, undiscriminating ignorance of the diversity and complexity within the Islamic world, and the hard reality of some truly dangerous, Western-hating Muslims (estimated by intel sources variously at 10-40,000 hardcore fanatics worldwide)”:
- America Already is an Islamic Society (Washington Post)
Designed to resolve a conflicted relationship many Muslims have with America, the young academics were “amazed at this opening and understanding and acceptance of everyone because that is what Islam preaches”:
- American and Egyptian Scholars Strive To Bridge Religion Gap (Los Angeles Times)