News and Analysis 8/5/23

“The drill comes as thousands of Marines and sailors on both the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and the USS Carter Hall, a landing ship, are on their way to the Persian Gulf” …

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Runs Drill on Disputed Islands as US Military Presence in Region Grows (AP News)

… as the danger of war with Iran increases under malign Saudi and Israeli influence on U.S. policy:

• With Marines on Persian Gulf Vessels, Is Biden Risking War with Iran? (Responsible Statecraft)

The Israeli water company ‘Mekorot’ extracts Palestinian’s water from the West Bank and preferentially distribute sit to illegal Israeli settlers:

• Palestinians Say Water Crisis Is ‘Political’, Expect Conditions to Worsen (New Arab)

In a domestic violence situation, she called the sheriff’s department, but who arrested and booked her. Charges were dropped, but a female deputy yanked off her hijab …

• Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of Removing Hijab from Muslim Woman in Custody (NBC Bay Area)

… while in attack on hijabi women in a public park, one has her nose broken “and another was placed in a headlock and punched”:

• 2 Charged in Attack on Muslim Women in Milwaukee Park, Ripping Hijabs from Their Heads (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

“[G]ender non-conforming people have been part of Islamic history from the very beginning”:

• Contrary to Claims of Anti-Trans Muslims, LGBTQ+ Acceptance is Widespread in the History of Islam (Religion Dispatches)

“The popular phrase … invoked by numerous rappers who adhere to Islam” comes from the title of the opening chapter of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali’s 12th century opus  ‘The Alchemy of Happiness‘”:

• ‘Knowledge of Self’: How a Key Phrase from Islam Became a Pillar of Hip-hop (The Conversation)

“Police have now arrested dozens of top Brotherhood leaders, while seven of its members have been deported to neighbouring countries and many are reported to have left” the country:

• Has the Muslim Brotherhood Turned from Friend to Foe as Turkiye Restore Ties with Egypt? (Middle East Monitor)

The young Nigerian artist says that because “‘I didn’t see a doll that looked like me’ …  she decided to make her own”:

• Move over Barbie, Hijarbie Is Back – to Celebrate Muslim Fashion and Culture (The Guardian)

“Hardline vigilante Hindu rightwing groups, emboldened under the Modi regime, have carried out sustained persecution and lynchings of Muslims”:

• ‘How Will Any Muslim Feel Safe?’ Spate of Attacks Increases Tensions in India (The Guardian)

… case in point:

• Allegedly Transporting Buffalo in Gujarat: Muslim Man Pushed into Well Fatally Attacked – Forced Him to Raise Slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’ (The Hindustan Gazette)

The settler-soldier violence continues::

• Two West Bank Palestinians Shot Dead By Israelis: Ministry (AFP / Barrons)

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