News and Analysis (8/28/07)

Driven by faith and neighborhood troubles, Muslim Americans organize faith-based crime patrol and show almost immediate results:

• Muslim Patrol Quiets Crime in Shaw (Washington Post)

Army General issues fresh veiled threat toward AK party day before expected victory by Abdullah Gul:

• Turkish Army Issues New Warning (BBC News)

Although the NSA still has its Big Brother program running, the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security have finally decided to axe their separate intrusive initiatives:

• Shift in Pentagon’s Security-Privacy Balance? (Christian Science Monitor)
• US Suspends Vast ADVISE Data-Sifting System (Christian Science Monitor)

Iranian government arrests 11,000 in ethnic Arab-majority province on charges of terrorism and “immorality”:

• Over 11,000 Arrests in South (Adnkronos International)

Alejandro

Alejandro Beutel is program assistant for the Minaret of Freedom Institute with expertise in religious freedom, democratization and security issues.