The FBI says the man who had implicated himself and the slain Boston bombing suspect in a triple murder from two years ago suddenly initiated a violent confrontation that resulted in his death, but a friend also interrogated by the agency says the deceased man “felt” the FBI would shoot him:
- Man Tied to Boston Bombing Suspect Killed in Confrontation with FBI, Others (Washington Post)
- Man Shot Dead by FBI Knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Friend Says (Guardian)
In denying his claims that it ordered him to create “conversations about jihad or terrorism, then capturing the responses and sending them to the NYPD”  in violation of “a longstanding federal court order, the department said [its informant] was either lying or didn’t know what he was talking about”:
- NYPD Messages to Muslim Informant: ‘Get Pictures’ (AP / Yahoo)
“Bahrain’s opposition said Wednesday it will boycott the national dialogue for two weeks after a crackdown by authorities that has seen “hundreds of citizens” arrested and home of a prominent Shiite cleric raided”:
- Angry Opposition Suspends Participation in Bahrain National Dialogue (Middle East Online)
“Today, we’ve met real people who suffered the Holocaust and the heroes that saved them at the risk of losing their lives†— Imam Mohamed Magid, President of the Islamic Society of North America …
- Muslim Religious Leaders Meet with Holocaust Survivors in Poland (AFP / Raw Story)
… while in Bradford, England the 87-year-old chairman of the synagogue hails a Muslim community gift “a true mizva”:
“[S]ome Myanmar people blame the government for actually stoking – or at least tacitly supporting – religious tensions, speculating that harder-line elements in the government, unhappy with the country’s move toward democratization, see such tension as a way to justify continued military influence”:
- In Myanmar, a Movement for Muslim and Buddhist Tolerance (Christian Science Monitor)
His lawyer “said Issaka’s strict reading of his religion meant that he would only stand for God”:
- Accused Muslim Rioter Mohammed Issai Issaka Not Sexist, His Disdain Embraces All-comers (Courier-Mail)
Tunisia’s decision to crack down on groups more-pious-than-they has turned “into a public game of chicken. Although the group denies involvement in violence and does charity work, the interior ministry banned the rally. Ansar al Sharia vowed to hold it anyway”:
- Tunisia Shuts Down Medieval City to Prevent Salafi Demonstrations (Christian Science Monitor)
Mursi declares Egyptian security will be established by denying the right to keep and bear arms to the Egyptian people:
“BBC Iran correspondent James Reynolds reports” that it “is now clear that Mr Khamenei did not want either Mr Mashaei or Mr Rafsanjani to disrupt an election he wants to reserve for loyal conservatives”:
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