News and Analysis 7/8/22

The Islamic response to those who would obstruct us, “We have our deeds and you have your deeds. You will remain in safety from hearing or experiencing anything harmful from us. We do not seek to follow the course of the ignorant”:

• Sheikh Al-Issa at Arafat Sermon: Values of Islam Foster Harmony; Eschew Hatred and Division (Saudi Gazette)

“The court has essentially enabled the government to compel head teachers and school leaders to adopt a partisan view on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, thereby shifting their role from education to indoctrination”:

• Court Dismisses Permission to Challenge ‘Discriminatory’ Discussion of Palestine in Schools (Morning Star)

“Sudanese coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced that the army would step aside in an effort to make room for a civilian government, following five consecutive days of protests in the capital”:

• The Future of Military Rule in Sudan (Middle East Policy Council)

The attorneys have “been working over years to ensure that dozens of families are not expelled from their houses and foil Israeli plans to establish a colonial settlement on their ruins of the houses”:

• Palestinian Attorneys Foil Settler Attempt to “Evict” Sheikh Jarrah Families (Wafa)

“Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men who were rounded up after 9/11” say that the man who then “headed the Metropolitan Detention Center … in Brooklyn, allowed and encouraged abuse by guards under his supervision”:

• “9/11 Detainees” Abused at Brooklyn Detention Center Finally Compensated (justice.org)

“The U.S. State Department’s positioning on the killing of Abu Akleh has disheartened rights advocates regarding [its] failure … to call out Israel [even] for … “crimes against journalists and
[US] citizens”:

• Rights and Social Justice Activists Criticize the U.S. State Department’s Report on the Killing of
  Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh (National Interest Foundation)

“[N]aïve and clichéd narratives are frustrating for professional Muslim women who continuously feel the need to defend their faith”:

• How Leaders Can Better Support Muslim Women at Work (Harvard Business Review)

“The head of the committee himself that Saied put together in order to prepare the initial draft of the constitution … stated that the president’s version was “dangerous and paves the way for a disgraceful dictatorial regime”:

• Civil Society Groups, Political Parties, and Other Entities Express Justifiable Opposition to Tunisian President Kais Saied’s Draft Constitution (National Interest Foundation)

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