Marwa Sherbini: too much furor over nothing or warranted uproar?

Though the protests over Marwa Sherbini’s death elicited images of a frustrated Arab world reminiscent of the Danish cartoon saga, the mistake must not be made to dismiss the Egyptian protest as just another example of “why they hate us in the West.”
Rather, an effort at understanding the Egyptian anger and protests against the incident [...]

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Egyptian anger over slain mother via BBC NEWS

Below is an edited (courtesy of M) opinion piece that I wrote and following that is an excerpt of the BBC article on some Egyptian’s response to Marwa’s death.
Marwa Sherbini: too much furor over nothing or warranted uproar?
Though the protests over Marwa Sherbini’s death elicited images of a frustrated Arab world reminiscent of the Dutch cartoon saga, the mistake [...]

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(Video and Transcipt) Obama’s Middle East speech in full with analysis by Paul Reynolds- BBC NEWS | Middle East |

In theory, everyone agrees with Obama. Most people subscribe to the “don’t kill innocents”; “accept responsibility” jargon. The difficult part of these is in its implementation.
But by implementation I mean are these norms perceived by the rest of the world as being equally – or in some instances more- applicable to America as well as [...]

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Al Jazeera English – Asia-Pacific – Muslim states ’silent’ on Uighurs

Wanted in China, protected in the United States: Rebiya Kadeer speaks:
A leading Uighur rights activist has criticised Muslim-majority countries for not speaking out against decades of alleged repression and persecution from the Chinese government.
Speaking in Washington on Monday, Rebiya Kadeer, a businesswoman who was jailed for years in China before being released into exile in [...]

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