“A U.S. Special Operations raid targeting … a Taliban weapons dealer, in Uruzgan Province on Sunday night resulted in the death of [his] brother …, who is also the brother-in-law of Mohammed Qaseem, an aide to Karzai.” NATO claims U.S. troops were under fire, but “the provincial governor and police chief say both men were innocent” …
- U.S. Raid Kills Man with Links to Karzai (Foreign Policy)
… while Musharrif, “facing charges for allegedly jailing 62 judges without evidence, and for his alleged role in the assassinations of former governor of Balochistan Nawab Akbar Bugti and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto[,]” is now the first Pakistani official, past or present, to admit “that his government had signed off on CIA drone strikes”:
- Ex-president Musharraf Admits Approving CIA Drone Strikes (Foreign Policy)
“The inappropriate transfer of the e-mails follows other questions about government intrusion and secrecy that have undermined the legitimacy of a judicial process that has struggled to establish itself as an effective forum for the prosecution of some terrorism cases”:
- Guantanamo Dogged by New Controversy After Mishandling of E-mails (Washington Post)
“Shop owner Tun Tun Oo, his wife Myint Myint Aye and an employee, Nyi Nyi, were each jailed for 14 years on Thursday for assault and theft after an argument with a customer turned violent, according to the state-run Kyemon newspaper” …
- Myanmar Court Jails Muslim Shop Owners After Anti-Muslim Riots (Reuters / Yahoo)
… “[b]ut as sectarian violence led by Buddhist mobs spreads across central Myanmar, … Muslims are disappearing.
Their homes, shops and mosques destroyed, some end up in refugee camps or hide in the homes of friends or relatives. Dozens have been killed”:
- Muslims Vanish as Buddhist Attacks Approach Myanmar’s Biggest City (Times of India)
“The case highlights Israel’s system of military detention for Palestinian minors, which has been frequently criticized, most recently by the United Nations, which said in March that an in-depth study showed that it systematically and gravely violated their rights”:
- Israeli Forces Hold Palestinian American Teenager in Lockup (Washington Post)
Femen activists are being called “Islamophobic and imperialistic” for their blatant scorn for the views of Muslim women, and even Amina Tyler, whose support for the movement has made her the victim of death threats is appalled by their public burning of the Islamic declaration of faith, saying, “They didn’t just insult some Muslims, but all Muslims”:
- Femen-style Protests Irk Some Muslim Women (Deutsche Welle)
- Femen’s Islam-bashing Disregards Muslim Feminism (UPI)
Human Rights Watch is demanding the full report be made public:
- Egypt’s Army Took Part in Torture and Killings During Revolution, Report Shows (Guardian)
- Egypt Army Denies Torturing Protesters (BBC)
The Muslim Brotherhood always was and still is a conservative movement, but power always has and still does corrupt:
- Did We Get the Muslim Brotherhood Wrong? (Foreign Policy)
Tighter immigration restrictions are a contributing factor, but so is “simple demography. The children and grandchildren of those who came to Britain half a century ago may understand Bengali or Urdu, but English is their mother tongue”:
“The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders has described the country as the ‘world’s biggest prison for journalists’”:
- Turkish Lawmakers Change Anti-terror Laws to Boost Freedoms, but Critics Say Move Falls Short (AP / Washington Post)
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