Press Review - May 26/05/2017

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Visas to Muslim-majority countries down 20 percent. A POLITICO review of new data indicates the U.S. is granting fewer non-immigrant visas, with Arab states especially hard hit. Ramadan: from faith and fasting to empathy with the poor, here's what you need to know (Newsweek). We must look to the past, not Isis, for the true meaning of Islam. Emir Abdelkader was a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism, so noble that Abe Lincoln sent him a pair of Colt pistols, writes Robert Fisk on the Independent.