India
On
Sixth Anniversary of Mumbai Terror Attacks of 26/11
(MEMRI)
Iraq
UNESCO
Seeks to Save Jewish Sites from Islamic State
(Israel
Hayom)
Investigation
Finds 50,000 "Ghost" Soldiers in Iraqi Army-
Loveday Morris (Washington
Post)
The Iraqi army has been paying salaries to at least 50,000 soldiers
who don't exist.... an institution the U.S. has spent billions
equipping and arming.
Israel
Israel
Recognizes Nov. 30 as National Day of Commemoration of Plight of
Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands -
Greer Fay Cashman (Jerusalem
Post)
Libya
Islamic
State setting up Libya training camps, US says (BBC)
Islamic
State Expands into North Africa -
Mirco Keilberth, Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Christoph Reuter (Der
Spiegel-Germany)
Pakistan
Bollywood
star Veena Malik handed 26 year sentence for 'blasphemous' wedding
scene (The Guardian)
Partners
for Peace?
Abbas
Shuts the Door to Negotiations with Israel -
Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi (Institute
for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
Mother
of synagogue terrorist praises her son who murdered five -
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Spain
One
can expect extreme rulings with an international blasphemy law being
promoted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a bloc of 57
Muslim countries dedicated to implementing a worldwide ban on
"negative stereotyping of Islam.":
Spanish
Court Refuses to Uphold Rights of Critic of Islamism -
Soren Kern (The Clarion
Project) A Spanish court
is deliberating the fate of Imran Firasat, an ex-Muslim from Pakistan
who faces imminent deportation because the Spanish government has
deemed his criticism of Islam to be a threat to national security.
Sudan
Beware
of the Iran-Sudan Partnership -
Laura Grossman (National
Interest)
United
States of America
Blacklisting
of Pro-Israel Watchdog NGO Monitor by the Associated Press-
David Bernstein (Washington
Post)
White
House Label of Brotherhood as Non-Violent Patently False –
Ryan Mauro (The
Clarion Project)
The White House has rejected a request to label the Muslim
Brotherhood as a terrorist group, describing the group as
non-violent. The statement is not only at odds with known facts; it’s
at odds with statements made by the White House only one year ago.
Antisemitic
Activity on U.S. Campuses (AMCHA
Initiative)
Over
120 Leading University of California Academics Mobilize Against
Forthcoming BDS Ballot (Algemeiner)
Yemen
Houthi
Advance in Yemen May Provoke Egyptian Intervention -
Walaa Hussein (Al-Monitor)