CIA admits publicly for the first time it uses waterboarding…
- CIA Says Used Waterboarding On Three Suspects (Wiredispatch/Reuters)
…meanwhile, former and current suspected terrorism detainees are fighting back against the Bush administration’s use of torture:
- Feds Want Rendition Lawsuit Dismissed (Associated Press/Washington Post)
- Former Guantánamo Prisoner Asks U.S. To Review Its Founding Ideals (Christian Science Monitor)
Strong religious values and anti-corruption make the fundamentalist Malaysian Islamic Party popular in Kelantan:
- Malaysia Gears Up For God vs Mammon Battle In Polls (Reuters/New York Times)
Turkish parliamentarians begin their first round of votes to ease the hijab ban, but hardline secular parties are already planning to challenge its legality in the constitutional court:
- Turkish MPs Voting On Headscarfs (BBC News)
Human Rights researcher finds a “shift from secular to Islamic influence” in the Caucasus region after a heavy-handed crackdown on separatist rebels:
- Chechen Warns of Islamic Extremism (Washington Post)
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