- Muslims Speak Out: What Islam Really Says About Violence, Human Rights and Other Religions (Washington Post)
While the latest round of US-Iran-Iraq talks continue amid cool relations between Washington and Tehran, a new opinion poll finds huge dissatisfaction with how Bush and Congress are handling the Iraq War, narrow majority supports legislation for withdrawal by the end of next spring:
- U.S.-Iran Talks on Iraq Resume in Baghdad Amid Heightened Tensions (Associated Press/Los Angeles Times)
- Poll Finds Democrats Favored on War (Washington Post)
With the rising threat of local Sunni militants in Lebanon, UN peacekeeping forces look to Hizballah to help protect its forces from car bomb and other sorts of attacks:
- In Lebanon, the UN and Hizbullah Make Unlikely Bedfellows (Christian Science Monitor)
Analysts see election results as economic welfare, not issues of religion in the public sphere dominating Turks’ concerns…
- Economy Trumps Religion in Turkey (Christian Science Monitor)
…meanwhile while latest Turkish election and AKP victory have helped increase female representation in parliament, overall lack of female parliamentarians across all parties is still a major glass ceiling in Turkey:
- More Women Elected, but Rights Struggle Continues (Adnkronos International)
Clerics join elders in negotiating with Taliban as villagers March demanding the release of 23 Korean captives.
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