“The US has gotten a soldier home. The Taliban have gotten something they wanted in exchange. And this just might – might – be part of a process of Afghan’s negotiating an end to the war in their homeland” …<\/p>\n
… yet some Republicans and some Afghanis object:<\/p>\n
“Turkish authorities quashed a protest commemorating the first anniversary of massive anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul, arresting 154 protesters, closing roads, and firing teargas and water cannons on the crowd”:<\/p>\n
“Place 5 representative Jo Lynn Haussmann offered this statement to voters in Southlake: ‘Do you realize because SO FEW voters took the time and responsibility to VOTE in the municipal elections – YOU NOW HAVE A “MUSLIM” on the City Council!!! What A SHAME!!!!'” …<\/p>\n
… while in Northern Ireland, an “equality commissioner” says the First Minister’s private\u00c2\u00a0apology accepted by Muslim leaders for offensive\u00c2\u00a0comments is insufficient:<\/p>\n
” Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Abdelah Al-Azrak told Reuters[,] ”I expect her to be released soon’,” but her lawyer “Mohaned Mostafa, said neither he nor the woman’s husband had been notified about any release”:<\/p>\n
“Statistics show that Pakistan is the third most dangerous country for women to live in[i]. How’s that fora country claiming to live by the traditions of Prophet Mu\u00e1\u00b8\u00a5ammad [peace be upon him]<\/span>, \u00c2\u00a0whose last advice to men of his nation was ‘Treat your women well and be kind to them'” …<\/p>\n … and “[t]he arrest and jailing of Nasrin Sotoudeh prompted an international outcry. Here she speaks of her ordeal” …<\/p>\n … but the media’s misleading focus on the plight of women in Muslim-majority countries not withstanding, the abuse of women is epidemic and the shame of the whole world:<\/p>\n “A Libyan warplane under the command of a renegade former general targeted an Islamist militia base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday but instead hit a university building, witnesses said”:<\/span><\/p>\n “Eliminating autocratic patterns of leadership in Arab countries will be a hard and long process. Reforms to public education systems, with the replacement of the culture of rote learning with one of questioning and analysis, would be a step towards encouraging open and rational public debate”:<\/p>\n “Philippine security forces have arrested a Muslim rebel responsible for the death of two U.S. servicemen in a September 2009 roadside bombing on the remote southern island of Jolo, a police general said on Monday…. Dozens of U.S. troops are still deployed there”:<\/p>\n\n
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