Arrest of human right attorneys spreads; Iran should release Nasrin Sotoudeh (as well as Houtan Kian), and the U.S. should release Lynn Stewart:
- Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Is Latest in String of Arrests (Washington Post)
On “Monday, Mullah Mohammad Omar reiterated that negotiations would not be possible until all foreign troops — now at about 150,000 — leave Afghanistan, labeling talk of negotiations ‘mere propaganda’ “:
- Taliban Chief Rejects Peace Talks (Al-Jazeera)
“We want to peacefully coexist with everyone else,” said Naim Elghandour, Muslim Association of Greece, noting that “Athens is the only capital city in the European Union without a mosque”:
Gen. David Richards thinks that “victory is ‘unnecessary'” but that containing al-Qaeda will insure that “our children’s lives are led securely”:
- UK General: Cannot Defeat Al-Qaeda (Al-Jazeera)
“Islam flourishes, but so do other faiths. Development is strengthened by an emerging democracy. Ancient traditions endure, even as a rising power is on the move,”– Pres. Obama in his University of Indonesia speech:
Photo montage of the Hajj by FP magazine:
- The World Comes To Mecca (Foreign Policy)
