News and Analysis (3/6/20)

In a panel discussion for the CPAC on International religious freedom, Trump’s trip to India was described as great and the anti-Muslim Violence as a “not-one sided conflict” …

• Amid an Anti-Muslim Pogrom In India, A Search for Any Concern at CPAC (Huffington Post)

… oblivious to the fact that “[t]he anti-Muslim ideology of the RSS is driving both the decisions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the pogroms …

• ‘The Government Has Done This’: Inside India’s Muslim Pogrom (The Nation)

… and that Modi’s attempt to recover from his six years of policy and economic setbacks lies at the heart of the mob violence targeting Muslims in India:

• The Real Objective of Mob Violence Against Muslims in India (New Yorker)

The new county commissioner says she “was driven to politics … after my best friend …, her husband … and younger sister … were brutally murdered in their home in Chapel Hill in a hate crime committed by their neighbor”:

• North Carolina Voters Make History by Electing First Muslim Woman to Hold Office (The Hill)

World Health Organization urges the world needs to stand together to fight the Coronavirus outbreak, and declares sanctions shall not apply to emergency aid …

• WHO: Iran Will Receive Help to Fight COVID-19 (Financial Tribune)

… yet some pressure groups seek “to impose reputational costs on companies that engage in lawful and legitimate trade with Iran” to address the public health crisis:

• Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-Aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran (The Intercept)

“[T]he Iranian director who won the the top award at last month’s Berlin film festival, has been ordered to serve a one-year prison sentence over his movies”:

• Golden Bear Winner Mohammad Rasoulof Sentenced to Jail in Iran (The Guardian)

“Palestinians flocked to the Joint List party and denied the prime minister a majority. Now they could even help oust him”:

• Palestinian Voters Are the New Power Brokers in Israel, Much to Netanyahu’s Chagrin (The Guardian)

“On Friday, the settlers had made their first attempt to seize Mount Al-Urma but were repelled by hundreds of locals. The confrontation left 93 people injured by Israeli live fire and rubber bullets”:

• ‘This Is Our Mountain’: Palestinians Repel Settlers Emboldened by Netanyahu’s Words (Middle East Eye)

A transcript of Bob Peck’s new documentary “Solidarity” reveals the untold Palestinian suffering and history of the Israeli occupation, colonization, and apartheid in Palestine:

• New Documentary Explores Five Largely Unknown Truths about Israel/Palestine (The Real News Network)

In defiance of simple logic, ‘[t]he White House claims that Palestinian leaders will have only themselves to blame if a plan they’ve rejected outright comes to fruition without their approval”:

• U.S. to Approve Israeli Annexations Within Months if Palestinians Don’t Negotiate (Axios)

Republican officials suggesting Islam and shariah not compatible with American ideology motivates Dr. Kasem of Islamic Association of Kokomo to recommend a community Islamic education:

• Local Muslim Community Hopes for Educational Events (Kokomo Perspective)