The most recent Muslim-Americans denied the right to return to the U.S., his attorney had to travel to Tunisia and “raise hell” with the assistance of a U.S. Senator:
- Ore. Man Asks Why He Was Queried by FBI in Tunisia (AP / abc News)
Rand Paul wants to send Egypt an unequivocal message, but Essam el-Erian points out that “a cut in aid would violate the U.S.-brokered 1979 peace agreement with Israel”:
In the wake of bombings in Bangkok, Iran and Israel point fingers at one another over the attack on a dipl0mat that follows the pattern of the Israeli assassinations of Iranian scientists and Israel signals maintaining its nuclear monopoly in the Middle East is the motive for its drive towards war:
- Iran Accuses Israel of Setting Up Attacks on Its Own Diplomats (Christian Science Monitor)
- Israeli Minister Says Iran Wants to Be a Superpower with a Nuclear Bomb (AP / Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
On the occasion of the Bahraini February 14 Movement’s anniversary, a comprehensive and worthwhile analysis on the year’s unfolding in Bahrain:
- Bahrain’s Sunni Awakening (Middle East Research and  Information Project)
The UN sometimes is good at stating the obvious, but the question is what to DO about it?
- First Muslim Model Agency Opens in New York (al-Bawaba)
Surprise? Muslims decide whom they will marry arranged marriages are not loveless, women in hijab are neither repressed nor asexual, there are gay Muslims, and Muslim women can escape unhappy marriages:
- Political Islam in Egypt: a Bright Future (Open Democracy)
Three Canadian citizens abducted last November by Israel during their attempts to challenge the illegal blockade in Gaza are now asking the “conservative government [to]Â press Israel to return the boat and its contents”:
- Canadians Abducted by Israel to Address Coast to Coast Audiences (Canadian Boat to Gaza)
