News and Analysis (5/9/20)

An Iraqi regional officer observes that US and Saudi officials “think they’ve got their man. They’re celebrating. When will they ever understand Iraq?”

• Can Iraq’s New PM, and the Region, Escape Suleimani’s Long Shadow? (The Guardian)

The clock may be running out on tolerance of anti-Muslim bigotry …

• Scottsdale Community College Apologizes After ‘Inappropriate’ Questions About Islam Surface on Quiz (azcentral)
• Are The Arab Perceptions About India Changing? (Kashmir Observer)
• First Arab World, Now Canada Saying Enough is Enough to Muslim-Hating Overseas Indians (The Print)

… except in India:

• Indians Must Stop Spreading Anti-Muslim Fake News on WhatsApp (Nikkei Asian Review)
• Hindutva’s Extremist Twitterati Now Target Modi for Muslim Appeasement (The Hindu)

Not content to throw those who resist the occupation into prison, Israel now aims to starve their families …

• Palestinians Say They Will Defy Israeli Order in Prisoner Payments Dispute (Reuters)

… while the West Bank village of Kufr Aqab, within the Israeli-drawn municipal boundary and cut off from Palestinian Authority control. local volunteers enforce the COVID-19 quarantine:

• Palestinians Fear a Coronavirus Outbreak in Jerusalem’s ‘No Man’s Land’ (LA Times)

Palestine’s justice minister says the US recognition of the occupier’s sovereignty over occupied land is a war crime:

• Palestine Says to Sue U.S. for Supporting Israel’s Plans to Annex Palestinian lands (Xinhua)

Twenty Muslim organizations from Irving continue a thirteen year tradition of hosting iftar dinner ceremony by honoring first responders in a virtual ceremony while volunteers deliver dinner:

• Irving’s Muslim Community Distributing 1,500 Meals to Medical, School and Police Staff (Dallas Morning News)

As India’s repression in Kashmir continues …

• Kashmir Police Bury Slain Rebels, Won’t Hand over Bodies (Al-Jazeera)
• Kashmir Clashes Continue for Third Day over Killing of Top Rebel (Al-Jazeera)

… some Indians suffering from the COVID-19 lockdown are acquiring a empathy for the besieged Kashmiris:

• Is Pandemic Changing Perceptions About Political Lockdown in Kashmir? (Kashmir Observer)

“Based on the accounts of survivors and the marks on the bodies of the victims, they were first lashed with wire cables by the Iranian border guards and then forced at gunpoint to jump into the river”:

• Bodies of ‘Beaten and Tortured’ Afghans Recovered at Iran Border (Al-Jazeera)

“Instead of prosecuting those who exercised their right to free expression and peaceful assembly, the … authorities should conduct a transparent investigation … to find out exactly what happened in this tragedy”:

• Iran: Prosecutions for Protests About Plane-Downing (Human Rights Watch)

Protesting forced cremation, the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama argues “that more than 180 countries in line with the guidelines of the World Health Organisation have allowed burials for Muslims who die of COVID-19”:

• Sri Lankan Muslims Urge Govt For Burial For COVID-19 Victims (Kashmir Observer)