The U.S. promised the Taliban a prisoner exchange to which the Afghani government had not agreed, seeming to guarantee the agreement’s collapse:
- Cracks Start to Show in Taliban Peace Deal (Politico)
- President Ghani Rejects Peace Deal’s Prisoner Swap with Taliban (Al-Jazeera)
- Breakthrough U.S.-Taliban Deal Signed, But Airstrikes Likely to Continue & Mercenaries to Remain (Democracy Now)
“Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a long-time proponent of a gold-backed currency, said that the use of gold dinar and barter trade will be revisited and considered among Muslim leaders”:
- Unified Currency for Muslim Countries (New Straits Times)
“To showcase the compliance of their services with Islam, fintech firms are organising forums with Islamic scholars and sponsoring religious festivals”:
As the coronavirus hits top leadership, Iran mobilizes, even calling out the military …
- Member of Iran Advisory Body to Supreme Leader Dies from Virus (Bloomberg)
- E3 Statement on €5 Million to Help Fight Coronavirus in Iran: 02 March 2020 (Gov.UK)
- Iran: Supreme Leader Orders Armed Forces to Combat New Virus (News4Jax)
… but will they accept Trump’s offer of assistance?
Much of the Delhi police force, controlled by the national government “was drawn off into the security arrangements for Donald Trump, … which would allow these mobs a freer hand”:
“[T]hreatening text messages” were sent to the chief “whose family immigrated to Paterson from Turkey when he was an infant, is a veteran city officer and took the top cop post Feb. 4”:
- Man Charged with Making Bias Threats Against City’s First Muslim Police Chief, Authorities Say (NJ.com)
“The threat came ahead of the first anniversary of the 15 March terror attack last year, where 51 worshippers were killed at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques”:
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