News: CNN reported on the 13th September that Diane Foley, mother of slain journalist James Foley, said in an interview that: "I think our efforts to get Jim freed were an annoyance to the U.S. government...It didn't seem to be in (U.S.) strategic interest, if you will." She also told CNN's Anderson Cooper that officials asked family members to "not go to the media." She said they were told that…

News: Last week, The Guardian, New York Times, and other media outlets reported that Chinese authorities in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang Province will be offering cash incentives to promote inter-ethnic and inter-religious marriages. The cash reward will be offered to married couples in which one member is an ethnic minority and the other Han Chinese, and has been described by many as a further drive to assimilate Uighur Muslims into the…

News: Earlier in the week, the British Prime Minister David Cameron issued a grave warning and stated that Britain faced its greatest threat. He said, "What we are facing in Iraq now with ISIS (Islamic State) is a greater threat to our security than we have seen before." He added, "If we do not act to stem the onslaught of this exceptionally dangerous terrorist movement, it will only grow stronger…

Headlines: Aljazeera Questions Legitimacy of Foley and Sotloff Beheading Videos Sisi Blames Outages on Lack of Investment Pakistan: Army Not Backing Anti-Government Demos Details: Aljazeera Questions Legitimacy of Foley and Sotloff Beheading VideosThe Arabic version of Aljazeera, the Doha-based broadcaster funded by the House of Thani in Qatar, has joined the growing chorus questioning the beheading of journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff. The news channel says the videos are…