What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is deliberating on its proposed ‘model’ women’s protection bill, which allows a husband to ‘lightly’ beat his wife ‘if needed’ and prohibits mixing of the genders in schools, hospitals and offices.
Explained: Pakistan bill allowing husbands to ‘lightly beat’ their wives | The Daily Star
A lot there…
Sigh.
CII bill proposes more curbs on women in the name of protection
CII proposes husbands be allowed to ‘lightly beat’ defying wives – The Express Tribune
protection of weak mens’ fragile egos that is.
Seven Christian homes ransacked and torched following rumours woman’s son had affair with Muslim woman.
Muslim mob in Egypt strips 70-year-old Christian woman | World news | The Guardian
Jeezus… The (less than) humanity.
Those of us who vigorously criticized the Vietnam War then were no more “anti-American” than those criticizing Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians today are “anti-Israel.” To the cries of “My country right or wrong,” we responded, “My country right or wrong; when it is right, keep it right; when it is wrong, make it right.”
‘My country right or wrong’ — indoctrination in defense of Israel
hmmm
As Iraqi forces near, residents are being moved to areas where airstrikes are expected.
Fallujah residents say ISIL is turning them into ‘human shields’
Sigh…
There were smoke alerts inside the cabin of the EgyptAir passenger plane shortly before it crashed in the Mediterranean, reports say.
EgyptAir: ‘Smoke detected’ inside cabin before crash – BBC News
hmmm
The possible replacement is a hero of hard-liners and West Bank settlers.
Israel’s defense minister abruptly resigns in slap at growing ‘extremism’ – The Washington Post
If you don’t want extremism, exactly what is accomplished by clearing the way for it???
France is hosting an international conference in Paris in June aimed at reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Netanyahu renews rejection of French peace initiative
Fransn zol esn zayn layb.
Israel’s incoming defense minister once called for bombing Egypt, suggested just weeks ago that Israel kill Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip and opposed the prosecution of a soldier accused of killing a wounded Palestinian. These are just a few of the positions that could put former bar bouncer Avigdor Lieberman at odds with the military he now commands.
Israel’s new defense minister could clash with his soldiers
Yikes, what a prize (read: psycho) this one sounds like…
The Egyptian navy said on Friday it had found the personal belongings of passengers and other debris floating in the Mediterranean, confirmation that an EgyptAir jet had plunged into the sea with 66 people on board.
Egypt finds belongings, debris from plane crash at sea
Sigh….
Debris from the missing EgyptAir flight has been found floating in the Mediterranean, Greek and Egyptian officials say.
EgyptAir crash: Debris found from flight MS804 – BBC News
Awww, Jeezus…
The images of the families mourning is heartbreaking.
A lawyer said some defendants had been randomly picked up off the street, as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi continued a crackdown on dissent.
Egypt Sentences 152 to Prison for Protest Over Transfer of Islands – The New York Times
hmmm
Experts say the $100,000 environmental venture is the first substantial one in the West Bank to be financed by a group involving Muslims and Jews in the U.S.
Solar Project Pairs Muslims and Jews to Aid West Bank Farmers – The New York Times
hmmm
The determination of Abdul Basir to kill his 22-year-old son is a sign of how Afghanistan’s violence has poisoned the closest of relationships.
‘I Will Kill Him’: Afghan Commander Targets Son, a Taliban Fighter – The New York Times
hmmm
Afghanistan’s capital was under lockdown Monday as thousands of minority Shiite Hazaras launched protests over a multi-million-dollar power transmission line, in what could snowball into a political crisis for the beleaguered government. Security forces blocked key intersections…
Kabul locked down as minority Hazaras protest over power line
hmmm
By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan’s Hazara minority marched in protest through Kabul on Monday saying that they are missing out on a multi-million dollar power transmission line, posing a major challenge to the government of President Ashraf Ghani.
Thousands of Afghan Hazaras join power line protest in Kabul
hmmm
Minoo Khaleghi easily won a seat in February’s election but was disqualified over claims she did not wear a head scarf on visits to Europe and China.
She Won a Seat in Iran’s Parliament, but Hard-Liners Had Other Plans – The New York Times
hmmm
The soldier was caught on video fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank.
Trial starts for Israeli soldier in killing of Palestinian – The Boston Globe
hmmm
For the first time in 15 years of polling, more liberal Democrats sympathize with the Palestinians over Israel.
A new poll finds that liberal Democrats are turning away from Israel – Vox
hmmm
Son of Pakistan’s former prime minister was held by militants for 3 years
Elite U.S. troops help save high-profile hostage from Taliban
hmmmm
Israeli tank fire kills a Palestinian woman in Gaza, Palestinians say, in some of the worst clashes between Israeli forces and Hamas since 2014.
Israel tank fire kills Gaza woman, medics say – BBC News
sigh…
A court in Egypt sentences the prominent human rights activist Sanaa Seif to six months in prison in absentia for “insulting the judiciary”.
Egypt activist Sanaa Seif jailed for ‘insulting judiciary’ – BBC News
Not good, Egypt, not good.
More than a dozen leaders of a small village in northwestern Pakistan were arrested Thursday and charged with burning a teenage girl to death because she helped one of her friends elope, security officials said.
Progress.
At least 14 patients and staff were killed after a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed in an airstrike, Doctors Without Borders said.
Doctors Without Borders: Airstrike on Aleppo, Syria, Hospital Kills 14 – NBC News
Oh, come on! WTF?!
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