{"id":12028,"date":"2014-07-29T13:23:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12028"},"modified":"2014-07-29T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T18:23:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-72914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12028","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/29\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attempts to kill two of Nigeria&#8217;s most prominent of Muslim leaders, Sheikh Dahiru Bauch and Muhmmadu Buhari occurred after the two declared Boko Haram&#8217;s actions &#8220;unislamic&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Africa\/Africa-Monitor\/2014\/0729\/In-Nigeria-a-civil-war-within-Islam\">In Nigeria, a Civil War Within Islam\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ISIS continues to demolish both\u00c2\u00a0Christian sites in northern Iraq and Islamic landmarks that are hundreds of years old, as the residents of Mosul watch helplessly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/national_world\/2014\/07\/29\/militants-destroy-anti-islam-shrines.html\">Militants Destroy \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnti-Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Shrines<\/a> (The Columbus Dispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Muslims in France have been largely successful&#8221; in integrating with the French society, yet Muslims are still &#8220;socially and politically marginalized, suffering from discrimination&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2014\/07\/29\/are-french-muslims-integrated-depends-on-what-you-mean-by-integration\/#\">Are French Muslims Integrated? Depends on What You Mean by Integration\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(The Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A survey finds that &#8220;42 percent of Americans believe law enforcement is justified in using profiling tactics against Muslim-Americans and Arab-Americans,&#8221; especially after the recent acts of violence, conducted under the name of Islam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/07\/29\/arab-muslim-poll_n_5628919.html\">Americans&#8217; Attitudes Toward Muslims And Arabs Are Getting Worse, Poll Finds\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Throughout the World,\u00c2\u00a0 Muslims break the fast and end Ramadan with Eid prayers &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2014\/07\/28\/eid-al-fitr-2014-photos_n_5627195.html\">Eid al-Fitr 2014 Photos Show Muslims Celebrating Around The World \u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; Obama marks Eid Al- Fitr by describing Muslims as &#8221; The fabric of our nation,&#8221; noting that &#8220;the message of interfaith peace that poverty, conflict and disease affect all of humanity, and not of just any one faith&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/washington.cbslocal.com\/2014\/07\/29\/obama-muslim-americans-have-helped-build-the-very-fabric-of-our-nation\/\">The Message of Interfaith Peace That Poverty, Conflict and Disease Affect All of Humanity, and Not of Just Any One Faith.\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(CBS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but can the Palestinians hear that messages over the sounds of the bombs?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2014\/0729\/Eid-offers-no-respite-for-war-weary-Palestinians-in-Gaza\">Eid offers no respite for war-weary Palestinians in Gaza<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[V]igilante extremists \u00e2\u20ac\u201d whose views on racial and religious purity evoke the Ku Klux Klan \u00e2\u20ac\u201d are successfully exploiting [unfounded]\u00c2\u00a0fears to spark deadly anti-Muslim riots &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/general-news\/20140728\/buddhist-vigilantes-in-myanmar-are-sparking-riots-with-wild-rumors-of-muslim-sex-predators\">Buddhist Vigilantes in Myanmar Are Sparking Riots with Wild Rumors of Muslim Sex Predators<\/a> (LA Daily News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while concentration camps in Burma highlight a humanitarian crisis where the Burmese government dismissed aid groups in the area, &#8220;leaving more than 700,000 people without proper medical care&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/malnutrition-disease-rising-in-burmese-muslim-camps\/2014\/07\/29\/4c5dc62c-135b-11e4-98ee-daea85133bc9_story.html#\">Malnutrition, Disease Rising in Burmese Muslim Camps\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several Spanish actors speak out, urging the European Union to join them in condemning Israel&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0bombing of civilians, as boy band\u00c2\u00a0One Direction&#8217;s Pakistani-British Muslim Zayn Malik receives death threats after expressing his support for Palestine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/penelope-cruz-javier-bardem-denounce-721894\">Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem Denounce Israeli &#8216;Genocide&#8217; in Open Letter\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(The Hollywood Reporter)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/gossip\/zayn-malik-tweets-freepalestine-receives-death-threats-article-1.1882704\">One Direction&#8217;s Zayn Malik Receives Death Threats After Tweeting \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc#FreePalestine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Daily News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;\">\n<p>&#8230; yet the &#8220;U.S. <span id=\"gzimv1_5\" class=\"gzimv1\">media<\/span> is biased against\u00c2\u00a0Palestinians, using selective coverage, skewed opinion, and false balance to offer implicit support to Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stance&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2014\/07\/american-telling-israelpalestine.html\">9 Things the American Media Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Telling You About Israel\/Palestine \u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(Mondoweiss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the U.S. Congress wants to make the &#8220;Iron Dome&#8221; defending Israel even more effective, but won&#8217;t cut off funds for Israel&#8217;s immoral, ineffective, and counter-productive aggression in Gaza; making the moral and logistical imbalance even more one-sided &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory\/israel-war-us-lawmakers-give-full-support-24752545\">Lawmakers Try to Seal $225M Aid Package for Israel\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>(A<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/07\/29\/us-mideast-gaza-idUSKBN0FV04A20140729?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews\">P \/ abc News)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Latest-News-Wires\/2014\/0728\/Ten-dead-including-nine-children-after-missile-lands-in-Gaza-park\">Ten Dead, Including Nine Children, After Missile Lands in Gaza Park<\/a> (AP \/ \u00c2\u00a0Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/07\/29\/us-mideast-gaza-idUSKBN0FV04A20140729?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews\">Israel Knocks Out Gaza Power Plant, Digs in for Long Fight (Reuters)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"Hamas%20attacks by tunnel rattle Israelis on Gaza border\">Hamas Attacks by Tunnel Rattle Israelis on Gaza Border<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; 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