News and Analysis (8/3/11)

“A new Gallup poll shows that they are more likely than Christians or Jews to object to the targeting and killing of civilians”:

• Muslims are the most loyal American religious group, new poll says (Christian Science Monitor)
• Poll: American Jews and Muslims share common values (Jerusalem Post)

“Lying on a stretcher in standard-issue white prison overalls, behind the bars of the defendants’ cage, the 83-year-old spoke just once to confirm his presence and enter his plea”:

• Mubarak Trial: Toppled Dictator Denies All Charges (Guardian)

“Many young people think then that their parents are too weak and that they don’t know Islam, so they look for other mentors,” leaving them vulnerable to Internet radicalization, but women who take the Inspire workshop find themselves able to educate their children on authentic Islamic teachings:

• A Jihad by Muslim Women Against Violence (NY Times)

Media outlets “critical of the government have raised doubts about the experience of the” new acting chief of general staff, and “point out that he has had no experience serving in NATO structures, nor has he received training in the United States”:

• How Turkey’s Military Upheaval Will Affect NATO (Christian Science Monitor)

“The Sisterhood’s charity work has, for years continued to attract new recruits from across the country — particularly vulnerable unemployed youths — allowing the movement to steadily gain strength despite long years of suppression under former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime”:

• The Feminine Face of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (CNN)

“[H]undreds of protestors remain in prison as stories circulate of torture and arbitrary arrests”:

• Bahraini Politician’s Wife Tells of Fear (AlJazeera)

“Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani says” he considers the business community’s concerns “when deciding strike calls. He warns India, however, not to misread the calm – which he calls ‘the lull before the storm’”:

• Why Kashmir Is So Quiet – for Now (Christian Science Monitor)

“Malaysia’s Muslims and non-Muslims in its Chinese, Indian and Christian communities alike … inundated the television station’s Facebook page with angry complaints that the commercials insulted non-Muslim ethnic minorities”:

• ‘Racist’ Ramadan Adverts Pulled in Malaysia (Telegraph)

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