The general director of Defense of Children International – Palestine was interrogated for two hours without legal representation:
- Palestinian Rights Group Chief Arrested by Israeli Intelligence (Middle East Eye)
A video showing that it was Israeli police that attacked the Palestinians “forced prosecutors to drop the investigation” …
… but conviction of the aggressors may be too much to hope for:
“The Israeli onslaught in the West Bank continues … as hundreds of settlers descended on the city under military protection to make a provocative visit to Joseph’s Tomb” …
… and “Ahmad Ayyad was on his way to work in Israel to help out his family in Gaza when he was attacked by Israeli soldiers and beaten to death”:
The ministry of culture and Islamic guidance has “threatened more than 100 film industry figures to withdraw their signatures from a May statement titled ‘Lay Down your Gun’ or be banned from working”:
- Iran Threatens Filmmakers, Actors to Tow the Line (Iran International)
“Religious and intellectual issues, including phrases that may read in full or partly as offensive, cannot never be dealt with in these violent ways”:
“Most of the workers do not have bank accounts and putting their salaries on the books would create a new revenue source for the … [PA], while bringing a windfall in service fees for Palestinian banks”:
Irfan Ahmad argues that the letter to Modi blaming Muslim terrorism on Maududi was aimed not at Maududi, but at Islam itself:
This “native-born Mandarin” speaking intellectual finds the religion of Islam to be “very friendly” and “very flexible”:
- TAIWANfest 2022: Author and Translator Kai-Chun Huang Shatters Stereotypes About Muslim World (Georgia Straight)
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced in his National Day Rally speech on Sunday that the Government will repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, revoking a colonial-era law that criminalises sex between men:
- LGBTQ+ Advocacy Should Respect Values of the Muslim Community: MUIS (Channel News Asia)