
Iran State Media: Israel, U.S. to Blame for Saudi Execution of Shiite Cleric
Iranian state-controlled Tasnim News Agency published an exclusive story on Monday blaming Israel and America for the recent execution of a prominent Saudi cleric.

Iranian state-controlled Tasnim News Agency published an exclusive story on Monday blaming Israel and America for the recent execution of a prominent Saudi cleric.

The family of Kayla Mueller, the American hostage and humanitarian who was killed by ISIS earlier this month, has launched a new 501(c)3 charity in her memory. The charity, Kayla’s Hands, was announced by the family in an interview with NBC News that aired on the Today show Monday morning. It links to a website that promotes causes with which Mueller had worked, including the International Solidarity Movement, a radical pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel organization.

Despite all we already know about the so-called Islamic State terrorist organization, the murder of American Kayle Mueller still manages to be shocking. And her defiant declaration of faith, in a letter to her family, is both heartbreaking and uplifting. Her death–which ISIS had the nerve to blame on Jordanian bombing–cries out for vengeance, not just “justice”–the term the president chose, one that may denote retribution but might also offer the undeserved dignity of civilian trial.