Erdogan wants us the world to believe he can't tell the difference between refusing to free a man held on dubious charges and refusing to extradite a man sought on dubious charges:

• Turkey's Erdogan Says U.S. Should Look at Its Own Actions if It Wants Jailed Pastor Freed (Reuters)

"If surveillance is going to be a regular part of American life, as it already is, then she is determined to name it. In the spirit of inverse surveillance, Boundaoui wants to 'watch the watchers'":

• The FBI’s ‘Vulgar Betrayal’ of Muslim Americans (NY Review of Books)

"There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on a project of key importance to the credibility of President Ashraf Ghani’s Western-backed government, which has pledged to hold parliamentary elections this year" and the Taliban’s denies involvement":

• Blast at Election Center in Afghan Capital, Dozens of Casualties (Reuters)

"The agreement ... also called for strengthening religious and spiritual ties between Christians and Muslims, and establishing fruitful relationships based on respect and peace between them":

• Muslim World League, Vatican Boost Religious Ties (Arab News)

Locals charge that "Islamist rebel fighters, who are allied to Turkey and have occupied Yazidi villages in the area, have destroyed the temples and places of worship the Kurdish-speaking non-Islamic sect":

• The Plight of the Yazidi of Afrin (Counterpunch)

Rohingya have suffered "state-sanctioned arbitrary arrests, torture, murder ..., sexual violence and rape, ... property seizures, torching of  villages, ... disappearances. forcible displacement and relocation and land grabbing ... at the hands of the Myanmar security forces and authorities":

• The Rohingya Crisis Is Becoming Islam’s Genocide; What Are We Doing About It? (Daily Beast)

"Even as hopes for negotiating a future Palestinian state seem more remote, perhaps, than ever before, there is an attempt here to build cultural institutions and a cultural life that inspire people to respond to their Palestinian history and identity through art and exhibitions":

• For Still-Stateless Palestinians, Cultural Life Serves as a Building Block (Christian Science Monitor)

The professor of electrical engineering was a member of Hamas. As usual, the Israelis neither confirm nor deny involvement in the murder:

• Palestinian Lecturer and Hamas Member Killed in Malaysia (BBC)