As Biden enters office, there are several challenges his administration needs to overcome regarding Iran:
- Nine Hurdles to Reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
Israel censors groups like B’Tselem who describe the country as an “apartheid state” from teaching at schools:
Then NSA chair John Bolton reported that when Trump was trying to negotiate a trade deal with China he greenlighted the detention camps; now, on his last day, Mike Pompeo releases an official statement recognizing Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang:Â
There is a legitimate debate in Islam over whether all interest is usurious, but the Diyanet’s granting of a monopoly on home mortgages to state banks is not moderation, it is statism:
- When is Usury Usury? Turkish Fatwa Casts Doubt on Erdogan’s Religious Soft Power Drive (Middle East Soccer)
French Prime Minister rejects proposal to “outlaw religious veils for children”, which could indicate future changes to current Islamic face-covering ban:
Studies show that GPT-3, the most advanced text generator to date, trained not “on real-world fact-checked data, but instead on human sentiments derived from places like Reddit,” has a significant anti-Muslim bias:
Boston-based political scientist who has been lobbying U.S. officials on foreign policy was arrested by the FBI for secretly working for Iran:
Archbishop of Greece makes Islamaphobic comments at a televised speech that “Islam is not a religion but a political party and its followers are people of war”:
- Muslim Scholars Condemn Greek Archbishop’s Remarks (Anadolu Agency)
Iran blacklists Trump and former senior officials for “their role and participation in terrorist and anti-human rights acts”:
- Iran Imposes Symbolic Sanctions on Trump, Several Members of His Administration (The Globe and Mail)
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