Linksies 3/10/12

Around the World

• Faith on the move the religious affiliation of international migrants
• Belgian Muslim candidates excluded from municipal elections
• Saudi women protest on campus
• Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood
• Muslim Brotherhood’s ideas questioned by founder’s brother

In these United States

• Indefinite detention targeted in terrorism bill
• Muslim groups urge NYPD to stop surveillance program
• Documents confirm NYPD spying was focused specifically on Muslims
• Counter-terrorism: A snoop too far?

Social Media

• The #StopKony backlash: complexity and the challenges of slacktivism
• Unpacking Kony 2012
• How Al Jazeera is forging the future of social tv

Culture

• The coming Arab identity crisis
• 13 religious women to watch in 2012
• Women, Islam & the media
• How I learned to stop worrying and love feminists

Multimedia

• Between the world of Islam and the West by Harvard Islamic Studies, the panel explores Islamophobia, anti-Americanism and the Arab Spring
• Dark is beautiful – On Women’s Day, celebrating their skin tone, these women from Chennai say they are striving to send across the message: Stop discrimination.
• The Downton Abbey rap song