News and Analysis (10/17/19)

“The Court rejects a student’s argument that by requiring her to accurately know what belief defines a Muslim the school was forcing her to adopt that belief”:

• Islam in Public School Challenge Rejected by Supreme Court (Bloomberg)

“Giuliani is not registered as a foreign lobbyist, as he would be required to do if he were being paid to lobby the U.S. government on a policy matter for a foreign interest”:

• Giuliani Pressed Trump to Eject Muslim Cleric from U.S., a Top Priority of Turkish President, Former Officials Say (Washington Post)

“Muslims in Kashmir may find themselves in a Xinjiang-style dystopia thanks to Chinese technology and Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalism”:

• China Is Exporting Its Anti-Muslim Strategy to India (The Nation)

“During his speech at the Nobel Banquet, Salam quoted the Koran. The film portrays Salam’s unwavering dedication, in the face of testing circumstances, to three things: his physics, his faith and his nationality”:

• Abdus Salam: The Muslim Science Genius Forgotten by History (BBC)

A 26-year-old Palestinian woman engaged in a rare coexistence between nationalism and feminism:

• Palestinian Women Make History in Hebron’s Truck-driving, Restaurant Sectors (Al-Arabia)

Kurds “have been loyal U.S. allies and don’t deserve to be slaughtered by Turkey” …

• Let the Kurds Come to America (Reason.com)

… The history of the intricate political triangle of Iran, Iraq, and Turkish Kurds shows things need not have gone as they have …:

• Turkey and the Kurds: What Goes Around Comes Around (Middle East Soccer)

… Now, will the Rojava Kurds Political model influence others in the region?

• The Rojava Kurds – a Model for the Contemporary Middle East? (The New Middle East Blog)

When the US military withdrawal from the Middle East is the safest path to stability in the region:

• Washington is Wrong Once Again – Kurds Join Assad to Defend Syria (Ron Paul Institute)

A rabbi “wounded in his head and limbs … call[s] ed on the law enforcement agencies to … these violent criminals to justice” to put an end to this “almost daily reality … of the occupation”: …

• Palestinians, Rabbis Attacked Allegedly by Jewish Extremists in Burin (Jerusalem Post)

… as evidenced by IDF violence in support of terrorist settlers:

• Israeli Troops Injure Dozens of Palestinians in Nablus (Al-Andalou)

“NYC Ferry said the incident was a ‘misunderstanding’ and reimbursed the fare for the complainants after “conceding that the proffered reason was false,” according to the complaint …

• NYC Ferry Denied 3 Muslim Families Boarding over ‘Security Issue’: Complaint (NBC New York)