The fragile Gaza truce is holding so far despite accusations of violations on both sides …
- Rockets Fall Silent in Gaza Cease-Fire Between Israel and Hamas (abc News)
- Gaza Crisis: Palestinian ‘Shot Dead near Border’ (BBC)
- Gaza Ceasefire Holds but Mistrust Runs Deep (Reuters)
… providing political capital to both Hamas and Morsi, but the latter risks his by exempting his edicts from appeal and threatening his enemies with double jeopardy, provoking arson at FJP headquarters and chants of “Morsi is Mubarak”:
- Hamas Leaders Emerge Stronger than Ever, Palestinians Say (Washington Post)
- Egypt’s Mursi Called “Pharaoh”, Violent Protests Erupt (Reuters)
- Egypt President Mursi Defends New Powers amid Protests (BBC)
Timur Kuran argues that economic stagnation of the Middle East is due not to some “incompatibility between Islam and capitalism but laws covering business partnerships and inheritance practices” that have impeded “private capital accumulation, corporations, large-scale production and impersonal exchange”:
- Why Does the Muslim World Suffer from Deficits of Freedom, Development and Knowledge? (Malaysia Today)
“After visiting soup kitchens and homeless shelters to feed hungry people, Jewish and Muslim volunteers in these cities gather for learning/networking events at which they celebrate together the common moral imperative in our two faiths to feed the hungry and help those most in need”:
- Before Thanksgiving, Muslim, Jews Feed Thousands across North America (Washington Post)
“A group of organizations led by Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) planned a nationwide protest on Friday, November 23” charging that “the bid to arrest youths under concocted charges in different parts of the country seems to be part of a planned conspiracy to defame Muslims, tarnish their image before the massesâ€:
- India Mass Protests Deplore Muslim Arrests (islamonline.com)
Failing to stop a suicide bomber from crossing police lines, the Pakistanis resort to a cutoff of cell phones:
- Taliban Suicide Bomber Hits Shiite Muslim Procession near Pakistani Capital, Kills 23 People (AP / Washington Post)
- Pakistan Cuts Phones in Hope of Stopping Attacks on Shi’ites (Reuters)
“More than 4,000 people paid 1 euro ($1.30) to watch the game in the central town of Zenica on Wednesday night, cheering “Bosnia, Bosnia†and celebrating whoever scored”:
- Priests and Imams Play Friendly Soccer Match in Bosnia to Raise Money for a School (AP / Washington Post)
When does “free speech” cross the lne into “incitement”?
Despite the fact that France has neither “legalized same-sex marriage … [nor] been open to accepting Islamic practices,” Mohammed Ludovic Lutfi Zahed was inspired by his pilgrimage to Mecca to open a French mosque where gays could be married:
- Muslim Man to Open ‘Mosque for Gays’ in France (Jakarta Globe)
“Rights groups say the Ethiopian government provoked the protests by trying to impose a specific interpretation of Islam”:
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