…The article highlighted the suffering of Yemeni civilians amid a devastating war pitting Houthi rebels and their allies against a Saudi-led coalition whose campaign of airstrikes, which are aided by American-supplied bombs and intelligence, have killed thousands of civilians. Economic warfare has worsened the despair for many Yemeni families, and the country is at risk of a catastrophic famine. The conflict began more than three years ago, and it received more attention when the killing of a Saudi dissident, Jamal Khashoggi, led to outrage and turned a spotlight on Saudi actions in the region….more: nytimes
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What If The Florida Shooter Was Muslim? Dale Hansen Asked
Accused Florida school shooter allegedly posting a series of disturbing posts on Instagram about guns…more: Heavy. * Florida school shooting suspect booked on 17 counts of ‘murder….MORE :reuters./ Suspected school shooter trained with white nationalist militia...more: nypost.com – Friedman: What if shooter was Muslim..more: CNN
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When the West wanted Islam to curb Christian extremism
Russian and Ottoman forces battle in 1788 over a port on the Black Sea. (Wikimedia Commons)
The tiresome debate over whether Islam is somehow more violent than other religions unfortunately won’t go away. Recent spats between outspoken commentator Reza Aslan, TV host Bill Maher and neuroscientist Sam Harris — who said on Maher’s show that Islam was “the mother lode of bad ideas” — have launched a thousand blog posts and vitriolic tweets.
Writing last week in The Washington Post’s opinion pages, Fareed Zakaria acknowledged the existence of an unpleasant level of intolerance in some Muslim-majority countries, but stressed such societal ills can’t be laid at the feet of a whole religion. “So, the strategy to reform Islam,” Zakaria asks Maher, Harris and their supporters, “is to tell 1.6 billion Muslims, most of whom are pious and devout, that their religion is evil and they should stop taking it seriously?” more washingtonpost.
