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Middle East and North Africa Friday Blog Roundup

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia

[1]Beirut Spring has posted a banner condemning terrorism in both English and Arabic [1].

Saudi Jeans has been looking on the Arabic blogs for commentary on the London bombings but has not yet found any [2]; if you see any, make sure to pass it on to him.

Chan’ad Bahraini simply asks “May the murdered souls rest in peace.”

Islamicate: “Understand, Al-Qaeda is not only about hatred; they are not only about denying and destroying the Islamic spirit; they are about destroying hope; about destroying the future.” [3]

About Lebanon asks us to “take a moment out of our busy days to think about the victims and pray for peace.” [4]

Mr.Behi has a long, heartfelt post about the bombings [5]; he also links to an influential Persian blog out of London that has first-hand reports [6].

Iranian Prospect is pessimistic about the western response to these bombings [7].

The Iraqi blog Ibn Alrafidain flatly condemns the violence, though he adds that “I can imagine the disturbance, chaos & fear caused by the incident since we live this situation here in Iraq daily.” [8]

Iraqi Expat, who lives in London, is beside himself with anger and rage: “What happened to London today was an outrageous evil act by shameless criminals who, sadly, call themselves Muslims. Today, my family and I are ashamed of being Muslims. [9]