President-elect Biden plans to continue the close relationship with Modi established by Trump while being wary of growing anti-Muslim hostility in India …
- Biden Is Expected to Expand U.S.-India Relations While Stressing Human Rights (The New York Times)
… and seems to be backing off his earlier immigration pledge that included ending the Muslim ban on “Day One”:Â
- From “Day One” to We Will “Need Time,” Team Biden Walks Back Vow to End Trump Attack on Asylum Seekers (Common Dreams)
Trump has pardoned a former Republican congressman charged for charity work with the Islamic American Relief Agency, but not the Muslim charged in the same matter:
- Donald Trump’s Latest Pardons Include Former Michigan Congressman Mark Siljander (Detroit Free Press)
Original plans for building a park on waqf-owned Al-Yousefieh cemetery were brought to court where it was decided that “the municipality’s actions were illegal”:
- Israeli Court Halts Desecration of Muslim Cemetery (Arab News)Â
Bangladesh asserts that “[t]he Rohingya Muslim refugee problem would be solved when they would go back to their country, Myanmar” even though Buddhist mobs and police have been launching a deadly genocide against the ethnic group since 2016:
- Problems Will Remain till Rohingya Muslim Refugees Return to Myanmar: BGB DGÂ (The Siasat Daily)
Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock. who has in the past made comments comparing Netanyahu and Southern segregationist George Wallace has changed his tune after receiving endorsement from Democratic Majority for Israel:
- Warnock Throws Palestinians Under Bus and Steps Aboard with Israel (Electronic Intifada)
In the first election since Modi revoked special status of Kashmir, local elections were held where the anti-Modi coalition won many seats resulting in at least 75 arrests:
Both King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Erdogan maintain their position on Israeli occupation of Palestine, but Erdogan has no plans of restoring diplomatic relations until he sees changes in Palestine:
- Erdogan says Turkey Would Like Better Ties With Israel, Palestinian Policy Still “Red Line” (Reuters)
- King Mohammed VI to Netanyahu: Morocco’s Position on Palestine Unchanged (Morocco World News)
After reintroducing the Yemen Peace Initiative earlier this month, Iran directly calls out Saudi Arabia for their involvement in Yemen which caused the current humanitarian crisis in the nation:
- Iran Calls for End to Saudi Strikes Against Yemen  (Tehran Times)
Jared Kushner says the Trump administration strengthening ties between apartheid Israel and Arab dictators makes it “the most pro-Israel administration” and also “the most pro-Arab/Muslim”:
- ‘We Were the Most Pro-Israel Administration I Can Think of’ (Israel Hayom)
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