“What does it say about the chances for American success in Afghanistan and the larger global ‘war on terror’ … that the wives of the military’s most senior commanders better comprehend the reasons for the continued difficulty in pacifying the country than do their husbands?
- Understanding the Muslim World (Al-Jazeera)
“‘This is a very significant development,’ said Rula Amin, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Beirut. ‘For the first time in years, clashes are taking place between Israel and the Lebanese army, not Hezbollah’”:
- Troops Die In Israel-Lebanon Clash (Al-Jazeera)
After a 9-0 vote, the Muslim-American community is one step closer to the construction of the Park51 community center in NYC …
- Mosque Near Ground Zero Clears Key Hurdle (New York Times)
… meanwhile in Indonesia, the shoe is on the other foot, as the Muslim majority government denies a building permit for the construction of the Batak Christian Protestant Church:
It’s actually America’s third Muslim college; “Islam has never become rooted in any land, until that land had its own Islamic scholars,” said imam at Zaytuna College:
“Now Gingrich is trying to use whatever legitimacy he has left in Washington to pander to the more benighted motivations behind the Tea Party movement, which seems to care less about the war in Afghanistan than … the coming Islamofacist ‘invasion’”:
- Newt Gingrich: A Menace to Society? (Antiwar)
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