Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

Cleared of all charges by the courts, he was sucked into a nightmare “beyond the reach of the U.S. judiciary. Within the realm of ICE, there would be no public documents, no legal hearings;” yet he held onto his faith that “[a]n innocent, independent, wise individual will prevail in any situation”: The Man Who Refused…

There are still some “progressives” who deny the Israel’s apartheid and settler colonialism, but after decades of persistent oppression of the indigenous people of Palestine, that’s become a harder row to hoe: Zionism Split the Women’s Movement in the ’70s. Will It Do the Same to BLM? (972 Magazine) Bahrain, where a Sunni monarchy rules…

Only one of the public officials asked to dissociate themselves from the hate group have done so: Facebook Takes Down Trump-friendly Group that Posed Anti-Muslim Message (Orange County Register) Should government dictate the language of a people? Dubious Future of Languages in Kashmir (Kashmir Observer) As women have taken their case to social media,” police…

“Muslim minorities in Montenegro … felt threatened” and Muslims in neighboring states feared “another genocide” when the then incumbent, now defeated, Democratic Party of Socialists “inflamed ethnic tensions to take attention away from corruption scandals”: How the Use of Ethnonationalism Backfired in Montenegro (Aljazeera) “Dr Kafeel Khan was released on Tuesday after spending seven months…

The army that is teaching the knee-on-the-neck tactic to U.S. police shows the world that that it can be used against elderly demonstrators as well as young suspects: Israeli Beating of Elderly Protester in Front of Journalists Draws International Outcry (Mondoweiss) “The MEK’s disinformation primarily targeted right-of-center outlets receptive to a hawkish line against Iran”:…

Facebook took down political posts critical of the BJP but not hate speech against Muslims. One post “dubbed Muslims in India a ‘degenerate community’” and many of the dozens of Muslims’ lynchings were “triggered by fake news … on WhatsApp”: Indian MPs Grill Facebook over Hate Speech, Allegations of Bias (Aljazeera) “Is it so hard…

“The artist … is set to be prosecuted by the State Security Court on charges of “offending an Arab country”. Many have speculated the Arab country in question is the UAE, after Hajjaj made satirical drawings of the normalisation agreement”: Jordanians Launch Solidarity Campaign with Prince Ali and Cartoonist Emad Hajjaj over UAE Criticism (New…

“If [madrassas] have proliferated across India, it is testimony to the abject failure of the Indian state and its parts in the task of universalising free public primary education”: Poor Advice on Kashmir (Indian Express) Fanatical Swedish Islamophobes kick and burn Qur’ans on the Muslim day of communal prayers and then riot after the banned…

An Afghani refugee sometimes mocked as “terrorist” told the white supremacist mass murderer, “You took that name from me. Today, you are the terrorist” and “elicited spontaneous applause from other victims in the courtroom”: New Zealand Survivor to Mosque Gunman: ‘You Are the Loser’ (abc News) Notwithstanding Israeli Pressure on its European members, the UNSC…