“If a white, American, Christian woman were to be [treated in some Muslim country as Aafia Siddiqui has been treated] … [w]ould we not demand that an international medical team be allowed to see her and evaluate her condition and her family be allowed to contact her?”:<\/p>\n
A day after much publicised mass conversion, Muslim families have told local media that they were tricked into\u00c2\u00a0conversion and did not speak against the act “out of fear of violence”. Said one, “We were told we will get a ration card, Aadhar [ID] card, and that the police will not bother us. We are poor so what do we do?”:<\/p>\n
Anti Islam protesters in Germany flood the streets. ‘The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Pegida) is winning over more and more supporters, causing Germany\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Justice Minister Heiko Maas to call on all parties to openly denounce the right-wing, populist alliance.’:<\/p>\n
Under Israeli occupation, planting olive trees can be a capital offense; no trial necessary:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Recognizing the independent state of Palestine would be a symbolically important expression of Ireland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s support for the people of Palestine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right to self determination\u00e2\u20ac\u009d MP Dominic Hannigan …<\/p>\n
… while Amos Oz, David Grossman and Abraham Yehoshua, prominent Israeli authors,\u00c2\u00a0have added their names to a petition calling on Europe to recognize Palestine’s Statehood:<\/p>\n
“Instead of viewing Islam as ‘evil’ we should analyze the circumstances to hope to diminish future extremism…American Muslims have been subject to immense discrimination since 9\/11.”:<\/p>\n
The attempt to insulate Muslim children from Western culture, combined with a rote learning rather critical thinking approach to teaching Islam, leaves them prey to “Sheikh Google”:<\/p>\n
“[P]rotesters who have faced Bahrain’s oppressive regime, campaigning for their own rights … clearly do not want the kind of regime that sits down to dinner with Queen Elizabeth one day while using British and American-made tear gas the next. They don’t want British Navy Bases”:<\/p>\n