"Does it violate federal law? Is it unconstitutional? Should courts defer to presidents on immigration and national security matters? Should courts defer to an unorthodox executive on these matters? Should they examine statements he makes outside of court, or" in campaign? ...

• As Supreme Court Hears Travel Ban, Questions of Presidential Authority Also on Docket (Christian Science Monitor)

... "But even if the court agrees — wrongly, in our view — that the ban can go forward legally, the fact remains that imposing such a broad exclusion based on discriminatory misconceptions is foolish and counterproductive policy":

• Whatever the Supreme Court Decides on the Law, Trump's Muslim Ban Is Bad Policy (LA Times)

Whenever the young law student, seeking a deeper spirituality, would challenge his Muslim mentor as if conducting  cross-examination, the response was "What do you think?” – a reminder "of the Qur’an’s saying that Islam 'is a religion for people who think'":

• Journey to Islam: ‘Islam was not the end, but a means to love Him more dearly’ (St. Louis American)

"Despite persistent misgivings ... key powers, particularly in Europe, are unwilling to challenge the Americans’ traditional hold on the job out of concern that it might provoke the United States to pull IOM funding or cost them Washington’s support for other national priorities":

• A Trump U.N. Pick Tries to Make Up for Anti-Muslim Tweets (Foreign Policy)

The victim "believes the spray-painted N-word on her wall and N-word on her countertop could be a hate crime":

• Kansas City Muslim Family Finds Racial Slurs Spray-painted Inside Their Home (KSHB)

The man who assembled a hit list to terrorize Muslim men and Hindu women justifies his extremism with the assertion that love between Muslims and Hindus is "sick" and "a form of terrorism" and boasts of his success in breaking up their romances:

• A Muslim and a Hindu Thought They Could Be a Couple. Then Came the ‘Love Jihad’ Hit List (Washington Post)

Journalists in both Turkey and India face increasing intimidation from thin-skinned rulers:

• Turkish Court Sentences 14 Journalists and Newspaper Employees to Prison (Washington Post)
• Indian Journalists Face Consequences if Critical of Modi's Administration (Christian Science Monitor)

The Israeli press wonders whether Russia's unusual criticism of "Israel’s killing of dozens of unarmed Palestinian protesters earlier this month in Gaza as an 'indiscriminate use of force against the civilian population'" signals deterioration Russian acquiescence to its policies:

• Will Russia's Involvement in Syria End Up Burning Its Ties with Israel? (Christian Science Monitor)

"Already, Muslim carers are not coming forward in sufficient numbers. The scaremongering of this row ... could further discourage Muslims from coming forward to become foster carers":

• Muslim Foster Child Row Shows More Faith Must Be Put in the Care System (The Conversation)

"Years after their abuse, victims remain tormented by their experience at the hands of their American interrogators, jailers and guards, according to activists and psychologists working with former Guantanamo detainees":

• Long After His Release, an Ex-detainee Struggles with Guantanamo’s Torturous Clutches (Washington Post)