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News and Analysis (5/4/20)
Iran could have avoided this problem had it converted to a currency denoted in gold dinars payable in its oil; it should do so now (better late than never) … Iran Approves Plan to Cut Four Zeros from Falling Currency -Report (Reuters) … which would sidestep public unhappiness with high gas prices: Social Media Criticism…
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News and Analysis (5/2/20)
Fasting “can be difficult under normal circumstances for incarcerated people…. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is no longer allowing religious volunteers to conduct in-person services in the jail”: COVID-19 Brings Challenges for Muslim Inmates During Ramadan (Injustice Watch / Herald & Review) “Government officials piled some 9 tons of gold — an amount equal to…
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U.S. Policy on Human Rights in the Middle East
[On November 21, 2019, the National Interest Foundation held program on “U.S. Policy on Human Rights in the Middle East.” These notes summarize my impression of highlights of the presentation and are not an attempted transcription.] Opening Remarks by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D – Virginia), House Committee on Foreign Affairs No American, no resident of…
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News and Analysis (4/29/20)
Zainab Ramahi explains why the Court has, once again, as with its decision, failed in its Constitutional duty to protect minorities from majoritarianism : The Muslim Ban Cases: A Lost Opportunity for the Court and a Lesson for the Future (California Law Review) In a statement Monday, Kuwait appealed to the Organisation of International Cooperation…
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News and Analysis (4/26/20)
India’s recent discrimination against Muslims and accusing them of deliberately spreading the virus, complicates the country’s fight against the pandemic: A New Wave of Anti-Muslim Anger Threatens India’s Virus Fight (Bloomberg / Quint) “[P]olice allow[ed] Hindu mobs to roam the streets freely to target the Muslim community” and since have focused their investigation on Muslim and…
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News and Analysis (4/25/20)
Cancelling Islamic rituals has precedents in Islamic history such as the pilgrimage cancellations during the cholera outbreaks of 1837 and 1846: Epidemics, War Have Impacted Muslim Worship Throughout History (Al Jazeera) “The state has silenced politicians, the pulpit, and other sections of the society” and now goes after the “few independent media voices”: ‘Police Action…
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News and Analysis (4/22/20)
An earlier victim says “that Israel tends to prosecute Palestinians who have contacts with the Arab world and the Middle East region to avoid admitting the separate national character of its Arab Palestinian citizens”: Israeli Citizen Indicted for ‘Spying’ for Iran Is Identified (Al-Jazeera) Although Muslims mainly were the victims of violent Hindu mobs,” Delhi police…
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News and Analysis (4/20/20)
Her “work has appeared in several publications including The Washington Post, The New Humanitarian, TRT World, Al Jazeera, The Caravan and others”: Kashmir Journalist Charged for ‘Anti-national’ Social Media Posts (Al-Jazeera) Iran’s FM “said his country would soon start exporting ventilators to the rest of the world” and that “the United States should stop interfering…
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News and Analysis (4/18/20)
Forget fake news about coronavirus being invented in a weapons lab; the real news is how Israel is weaponizing the virus … Israel Shuts Palestinian Coronavirus Testing Clinic in East Jerusalem (Haaretz) Israel Trading in Ventilators for Helpless Gazans Is Inhumane (Haaretz) Bio-Terror: Zombie Israeli Squatters with Covid-19 break Quarantine, Assault Palestinians at Close Quarters…
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News and Analysis (4/15/20)
Juan Cole analyzes Trump’s totalitarian view of the power of the President: Ayatollah Trump Declares “Total Authority:†Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran’s Supreme Leader (Informed Comment) “This is so frustrating. Trying to download the guidelines for intensive care management as proposed by docs in England. 24 Mbs and one hour.…
