Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 2

As the middle of the week hangs around, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reiterates his country's support for a U.N.-led effort for a political solution on Western Sahara.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan claims that Muslims are subjected to the most hate speech.  (Does he have anything to say about China's detention camps for Muslim Uighurs?  Why shouldn't such detention be regarded as anti-Muslim hate?)

From Turkish Minute, in 2018, over 26,000 people were investigated for allegedly insulting Erdoğan.

From Rûdaw, a U.S. Treasury official and Kurdistan's regional president discuss trade and ISIS finance.

From In-Cyprus, Greek and Turkish Cypriots agree that cooperation is important.

From The Syrian Observer, the Assad regime and Iran's cells reportedly operate in areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli President Rivlin calls on Prime Minister Netanyahu to form a coalition government.

From The Times Of Israel, why Netanyahu isn't smiling.

From The Jerusalem Post, for the first time ever, a woman takes command of an Israeli Air Force squadron.  (Now there's a "Squad" whom I can respect.)

From YNetNews, a woman is hurt in a suspected terror attack near Mod'in, Israel.

From Egypt Today, in Tahrir Square, Egyptian authorities arrest six foreigners and one Egyptian for alleged espionage.

From StepFeed, a man is arrested in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for walking his lion.

From Radio Farda, Iran arrests relatives on a human rights defender based in the U.S.

From IranWire, families of people taken hostage by Iran form an alliance at the U.N.

From Dawn, Pakistan's government announces "Kashmir Solidarity Day".

From The Express Tribune, a trial court sends Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz and her cousin to Camp Jail in Lahore.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's prime minister claims that religion and terrorism are not linked.

From Khaama Press, Afghan forces in Kabul prevent terrorists from detonating an IED.

From The Hans India, 17 students are suspended from their school for shouting "Jai Shri Ram".

From the Hindustan Times, Pakistani terror groups reportedly use Chinese drones to deliver weapons into the Indian state of Punjab.

From ANI, according to the chief of India's army, it will have AI in two or three years.

From India Today, Indian Prime Minister Modi hails the first astronaut from the UAE.

From the Daily Mirror, the U.N. bans non-essential Sri Lankan troops from its peacekeeping missions.

From the Colombo Page, a U.S. agency helps Sri Lanka's Arugam Bay plastic-free.

From the Dhaka Tribune, an imam in Jiudhora, Bangladesh is arrested for allegedly raping a young girl.

From the International Business Times, Indonesian police report on the deaths from riots in Papua.

From Business Insider, China is accused of harvesting human organs from Falun Gong practitioners and from Uighur Muslims.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia's House Of Representative agrees to postpone four "problematic" bills.

From The Straits Times, two British tourists help rescue an elderly woman from a lake in Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia Airlines supports efforts to repatriate Thomas Cook customers.

From Free Malaysia Today, the deaths of 16 Orang Asli in Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia are determined to be from measles, not metal poisoning as previously suspected.

From The Mainichi, according to the Japanese Coast Guard, an islet off Hokkaido has vanished.

And from Gatestone Institute, how the leaders of Hamas fool the Palestinians.
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Here's a bonus link from 2015, found at The Religion Of Peace:

From Arutz Sheva, there is no "moderate" or "radical" Islam.

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