{"id":12107,"date":"2014-08-07T17:38:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T22:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12107"},"modified":"2014-08-07T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T22:38:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-8714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12107","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/7\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feces, urine, vandalism, and graffiti such as\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;Burn Gaza down&#8221; and &#8220;Good Arab = dead Arab&#8221; were engraved onto a coffee table underscore\u00c2\u00a0that &#8220;Protective Edge&#8221; was about ethnic cleansing, not defense:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/07\/palestinians-return-home-israeli-troops-faeces-graffiti\">Palestinians Returning Home Find Israeli Troops Left Faeces and Venomous Graffiti<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In her resignation letter &#8230;Warsi wrote that Britain&#8217;s support for Israeli military action against Hamas &#8230; &#8216;is morally indefensible, is not in Britain&#8217;s national interest and will have a long term detrimental impact on our reputation'&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2014\/08\/07\/the-resignation-of-britains-most-senior-muslim-politician-puts-spotlight-on-its-israel-policy\/\">The Resignation of Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Senior Muslim Politician Puts Spotlight on its Israel Policy<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while a spokesperson for the Tories denies an allegation that the PM was advised that the party &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">has nothing to gain from taking a harder line against Israel, because the Muslim vote will not be &#8216;decisive&#8217; in 2015&#8243;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2014\/08\/06\/tory-campaign-chief-tells-cameron-to-ignore-muslims\">Tory Campaign Chief Tells Cameron to &#8216;Ignore Muslims&#8217;<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Politics.co.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Mithat Gedik won the traditional German title of Sch\u00c3\u00bctzenk\u00c3\u00b6nig (shooting king)&#8221; was almost stripped of his title for being a Muslim &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/07\/german-muslim-shooting-champion-nearly-loses-title\">German Shooting Champion Nearly Loses Title for Being Muslim<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while only 44% of Germans polled say Islam is part of German society, yet\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;53 percent of people believed that it should be treated as seriously as anti-Semitism&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.de\/20140807\/islam-does-not-belong-in-germany-poll\">Islam &#8216;Does Not Belong in German Society&#8217; &#8211; Poll<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Local)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;UN officials say an estimated 200,000 new refugees are seeking sanctuary in the Kurdish north from Islamic extremists&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/07\/isis-offensive-iraq-christian-exodus\">Iraq&#8217;s Largest Christian Town Abandoned as Isis Advance Continues<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Australian government support of counter terror laws could possibly deteriorate the relationships between the government and the Australian Muslim community who described them as &#8220;deplorable&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/federal-politics\/political-news\/muslim-groups-slam-abbott-governments--new-counterterror-plans-20140807-3daj0.html\">Muslim Groups Slam Abbott Government&#8217;s New Counter-Terror Plans<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Sydney Morning Herald)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;clumsy policy is likely to fray nerves further in an already tense region&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/08\/05\/karamay_bans_beards_muslim_headscarves_from_public_buses_xinjiang\">In One Xinjiang City, Beards and Muslim Headscarves Banned From Buses<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Politically driven warlords use Islam to \u00c2\u00a0recruit Muslims, whose campaign &#8220;goes against the peaceful doctrine of Islam, according to religious chiefs&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/392713\/British-Muslims-duped-into-terrorism-by-Isis\">Brit Muslims &#8216;Duped Into Terro<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/392713\/British-Muslims-duped-into-terrorism-by-Isis\">rism&#8217; 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