FEATURE STORY
When you write a public condemnation that calls those taking a critical look at Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups bigoted, and then the Muslim Brotherhood’s official website picks it up verbatim, well, that’s just not helpful. But that’s what happened to Arab American Institute President James Zogby’s column lamenting Mazen Asbahi’s resignation as an advisor to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
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A brouhaha in the publishing world is raising the specter that violence seen in protests to Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, or in reaction to a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie, could take place in the United States.
Random House's last-minute decision to drop Sherry Jones' novel, "The Jewel of Medina," was not based on any actual threat, but a concern that its publication could generate them.
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In a heated pre-trial hearing before the Eastern District Court of Virginia today, Judge Leonie Brinkema postponed the criminal contempt trial of admitted terrorist-supporter Sami Al-Arian until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a separate appeal. The appeal, filed July 30, challenges the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Al-Arian's 2006 plea agreement did not grant him the right to refuse to testify before a grand jury investigating terror financing by a Virginia-based think tank.
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Notwithstanding the Olympics' explicit rules against all forms of discrimination, the Saudi government decided to ban its women from participating in the Olympic games that began today in Beijing. It is morally and professionally incumbent on the International Olympic Committee and all participating teams to declare their unequivocal support for the inclusion of women on the all-male Saudi team. If that fails to convince the Saudi government and society that their marginalization of women is repulsive and will not be tolerated by civilized peoples, the IOC should disqualify Saudi Arabia from participating in future games.
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