The Brotherhood’s “‘Freedom and Justice’ party championed the rights of free market economy and political and social diversity.” Unlike the more conservative An-Nour Party, “the group’s most loyal supporters are not the fervent extremists they are made out to be in western media, but are well-educated and predominately middle-class Egyptians”:
- Egypt: Islamists vs. Islamists (Huffington Post)
- Iran Criticises Turkey’s ‘Secular Islam’ (Foreign Times)
Protesting what it calls a “a shatteringly cruel episode” about a woman, blaming her allergies, “gives away her husband’s 16-year-old dog,” the animal rights organization wants a free ad to quote the Prophet Muhammad (as) saying, “”All creatures are like a family of God; and He loves the most those who are the most beneficent to His family”:
- ‘All-American Muslim’ Targeted by PETA (Hollywood Reporter)
- Muslims of France: Citizens (AlJazeera)
Human Right’s activist, Moncef Marzouki, is elected as Interim President in Tunisia as Ennahda promises to form a new government by week’s end:
- Tunisia’s Assembly Elects Human Rights Activist as Interim President (Washington Post Foreign Policy)
- Tunisia’s Islamist Party Takes on Challenge of Forming New Government, Expects one by Weekend (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
A “senior Iranian hard-liner criticized the Saudi visit’s attempt to ease strained Iran-Saudi relations. Hossein Shariatmadari, an aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Moslehi’s trip was a ‘gift’ to a regime on the verge of collapse”:
- Â Iran Says Saudi Visit Aimed to Refute US Claims (AP / abc News)
“Half of Afghanistan’s women prisoners are inmates for ‘zina’ or moral crimes. Many Afghan women’s rights activists say there must be an end to the culture of impunity and police must punish all those behind violence against women”:
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