Linksies 3/8/12

Around the World

• Solving war crimes with wristbands: the arrogance of ‘Kony 2012’
• Joseph Kony is not in Uganda and other complicated things
• France’s beef with Islam
• Don’t look away from Bahrain’s revolution
• Putin declares victory in Russian elections

In these United States

• NYPD Commissioner’s press release to to Fordham Law Alum
• The NYT  editorial on NYPD Muslim surveillance
• Atheist group targets Muslims & Jews
• A group of self-proclaimed Muslim leaders gather to support Islamophobe Rep. King & NYPD surveillance of Muslims (file this under #WTFatwa)
• The heroes who uncovered the NYPD’s surveillance

Culture

• 5 surprisingly good places to be a woman
  
• FIFA lifts hijab ban
• After Shahadah – the need for new Muslim support  systems
• Does your attitude toward time affect your spending habits?
• Chicago history in photos (happy 175th birthday!)
• Tim Wise on White resentment in a multiracial society
• Robert Spencer’s double standard on religious freedom (Faith in Public Life)
• Bearing Witness: A War Reporters Last Days – beautiful memorial of Anthony Shadid

Multimedia

• The Mountain (short film)
• S*** NPR listeners say (guilty as charged!)
• Twilight tourism and the Quileute language
• “Mum Song” by Sound of Reason & At Our Mothers’ Feet