In a letter to the Washington Post, MFI responds to the witch hunt against the Islamic Saudi Academy as immoral, ineffective and counterproductive to the efforts of the United States and Muslim organizations to promote religious freedom:
- How Not to Promote Religious Freedom (Washington Post)
New York Times editorial slams certain congressional leaders for their soft-peddling on Mukasey’s inability to clearly state his legal views on waterboarding:
- Abdicate and Capitulate (New York Times)
“Here the head of a corrupt government decides who can and cannot run for office… They want a Parliament that won’t hold the government accountable for corruption.â€â€”Toujan Al-Faisal, former parliamentarian and critic of government corruption
- Jordan, Fearing Islamists, Tightens Grip on Elections (New York Times)
Failure to finish off Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and support for dictatorship in Pakistan may come back to haunt the US in the worst way possible as a once imaginary scenario of terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons now is no longer outside the realm of possibility:
- Pakistan Nuclear Security Questioned (Washington Post)
Lebanon’s political paralysis and tensions continues to deepen, “with no indication†of getting closer to a resolution, force a third delay of its presidential elections and seeps into people’s everyday life by causing the politicization of its generally non-sectarian soccer clubs:
- Lebanon Postpones Presidential Poll (Al-Jazeera International)
- Lebanon’s Empty Football Stadiums (Al-Jazeera International)
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