News and Analysis 4/15/23

Palestinian Christians are as strongly opposed to Israeli religious repression as their Muslim brothers:

• Jerusalem Churches Refuse Israeli Restrictions on Annual Easter Vigil (Mondoweiss)

“[V]eiled British Muslim women are set to be disenfranchised from casting their vote altogether”:

• Trans, Elderly, Disabled and Muslim People Be Worst Affected by New Voter ID Law, with Less than a Month Until Polling Day (Big Issue)

“People here remain nonviolent even in the face of violence and extreme provocation from settlers and soldiers” —

• Guest Column: Taking a Look Inside Palestinians’ Reality (Iowa Citizen Press Citizen)

The decision drew no organized community opposition

• Minneapolis OKs Dawn Muslim Prayer Call, 1st for Big US City (AP News)

“[B]ecause a lot of transitional housing are Christian-based … Muslims who don’t follow that sometimes are pressured to follow that in order to stay …  in their housing”:

• Muslim Transition Homes for the Recently incarcerated Provide Stability amid an Ever-increasing Need (Texas Standard)

Pakistan “has yet to carry out capital punishment for blasphemy … [but] mere allegations of the offense are often enough to provoke mob violence and even deadly attacks”:

• Pakistan Arrests Woman for Claiming to Be Islam’s Prophet (abc News)

“[T]hree minors abducted the Muslim boy and took him to a pond, luring him with toys”:

• MP: Muslim Boy Stripped, Forced to Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, ‘Pak Murdabad’ (Siastat Daily)

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