Qaddafi’s biggest blunder may be employing foreign troops against his own people; it backfired in Somalia and it is backfiring in Libya:
- Qaddafi’s Ties to Rebel Groups Scrutinized as ‘African Mercenaries’ Patrol Libya (Christian Science Monitor)
In “protest at violence used to quell demonstrations calling for the president to quit”:
“[A]s far as I know, the Muslim Brotherhood is worried that some of its young members might join our party. They are trying to preempt that [by naming their party the “Freedom and Justice Party]…. And they have all the right to form a party. May God help them” — Abouel Ela Madi, founder of the Wasat Party:
- INTERVIEW: The Official Birth of a Moderate Islamist Party (AlMasriAlYawm English)
As young journalists demand women’s rights and Islamists call for more democracy, the Saufiking instead offers “a 15 percent raise for state employees, funds to curb inflation, and more money for housing loans and studying abroad”:
- Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Promises $10.7 Billion in Benefits (Christian Science Monitor)
Muslim counterparts to Terry Jones demonstrate why it is wrong to offend things others hold sacred, but unlike Jones, they face prosecution for their offensiveness:
- ‘British Troops Burn in Hell’: Muslim Extremists Face EDL Supporters in Ugly Scenes Outside Poppy-burning Trial (Daily Mail)
The ACLU/CAIR case hinges on a disgruntled FBI ex-employee whose “relationship soured with the FBI in 2007, when he came under investigation for a grand theft case:”
- Groups Sue FBI over Muslim Surveillance (Orange County Register)
Surviving “weeks of protests after Vastanvi made comments that appeared to praise a Hindu nationalist politician loathed by Muslims,” the reformer is vindicated:
- Leader of Legendary Islamic Seminary to Stay (AP / Washington Post)
BBC reports that the pirates deny the Navy’s claim that they launched a rocket-propelled grenade that missed the U.S. ship:
