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News and Analysis 10/5/23
“Aliyev had wanted his ally Turkey to be represented at the meeting, but that France and Germany had objected: Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Pulls Out of Talks with Armenia and EU (Reuters / MSN) Israelis have never hidden their contempt for Muslims, but after a public display of contempt for Christian worshippers, even the State Department “unequivocally…
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A Conversation with Former Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
[On September 26, 2023, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy held a dinner with former Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki. This is my summary of highlights of the program, not a transcript. Use of the first person is for convenience only. For a video of the entire discussion click here.] Mohamed Moncef…
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News and Analysis 10/1/23
Students accuse Israel of “trying to criminalise student activism“, after a wave of arrests of students at Birzeit University”: Israel Continues Crackdown on Palestinian Birzeit Students (New Arab) “They have perfected the spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders”: Inside the Vast…
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News and Analysis 9/28/23
“The lawsuit … accuses the US of failing to adhere to the law …, namely by allowing Israel to discriminate against Americans entering Israel and the occupied West Bank”: Rights Group Sues US Government to Block Israel’s Entry to Visa Waiver Programme (Middle East Eye) Meta staff in India reportedly … expressed concern that local…
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News and Analysis 9/25/23
Settler violence exacerbates apartheid restrictions against “building homes, agricultural structures or public buildings” and connecting “to the water and power grids”: The Pogroms Are Working – the Transfer Is Already Happening (B’Tselem) “In the recent podcast by PBD, not a single verse was presented to show that apostates deserve to be killed?–?nor will they find…
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News and Analysis 9/22/23
Of 835 children accused of stone-throwing in six year period “834 were convicted, nearly all of whom served time in jail. Hundreds of them were between 12 and 15 years old” … ‘A Hidden Universe of Suffering’: the Palestinian Children Sent to Jail (The Guardian) … and a 15-year-old has been killed for spotting “Israeli…
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News and Analysis 9/20/23
“Some critics call this transaction a ransom payment. The reality, as usual, is far more complex”: A Top NSC Official Explains Why Biden Moved Ahead with the Iran Hostage Deal (Washington Post) The head of the head of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, called the killing “an unprecedented attack against Canadian sovereignty, full stop”:…
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News and Analysis 9/17/23
Israel celebrates the Jewish New Year by shutting Muslims out of the Ibrahimi mosque and attacking them at Al-Aqsa: Israel Shuts Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim Worshippers for Jewish Holidays (Andalou Ajansi) Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque (Aljazeera) Iranians commemorate Mahsa Amini’s death in custody with protests both peaceful and violent: Protests…
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News and Analysis 9/15/23
“[H]ow much has the intervention in 2011 changed the nature of Libyan society?” Libyan Floods and Fault Lines: A Conversation with Ethan Chorin (Turbulent World) The “backing of the international community and the Israeli regime, … [yielded] governance based on patronage and corruption that had little tolerance for internal dissent”: Palestinian Authoritarianism Has Its Roots…
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News and Analysis 9/12/23
Chris Van Hollen and Brian Schatz spearheaded the letter noting that Israel is not eligible for the program because it does not treat all American citizens equally: Israel Not in Compliance with Visa Waiver Programme, Senate Democrats Say (Middle East Eye) Veltman”told police he wanted to “send a strong message” against Muslim immigration”: White Nationalism…