{"id":12134,"date":"2014-08-10T02:10:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T07:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2014-08-10T02:10:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T07:10:28","slug":"news-and-analysis-81014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12134","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/10\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #282828;\">&#8220;[T]he Qur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122an warns its readers to not be swayed by charismatic figures who, in reality, only spread evil in the world&#8230;The \u00c2\u00a0killing \u00c2\u00a0and oppression of innocent people and the destruction of land and property is completely antithetical to Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s normative teachings&#8221; &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/3093732\/isis-iraq-yazidis-and-christians\/\">ISIS Is Ignoring Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Teachings on Yazidis and Christians<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(TIME)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; as demonstrated by the abduction of Yazidi taken by ISIS fighters who have\u00e2\u20ac\u0153vicious plans \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 in a way that contradicts all the human and Islamic values\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Kamil Amin, a spokesman for Iraq&#8217;s Human Rights Ministry &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/iraq-crisis-hundreds-of-yazidi-women-taken-captive-by-islamic-state-militants-9658393.html\">Iraq Crisis: Hundreds of Yazidi Women Taken Captive by Islamic State Militants<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the dissolution of an &#8220;an understanding between communities that had survived for generations&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/10\/isis-iraq-communities-christians-yezidis-kurds\">&#8216;Isis Has Shattered the Ancient Ties that Bound Iraq&#8217;s Minorities&#8217;<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\">&#8230; while\u00c2\u00a0in Indonesia, where the government has banned speech favorable to ISIL, &#8220;[l]eaders of the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two largest Islamic organizations &#8212; Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, which have decried growing local support for ISIL as running\u00c2\u00a0 counter to Islam&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2014\/08\/09\/religious-affairs-minister-aims-raise-indonesian-muslims-awareness-isil.html\">Religious Affairs Minister Aims to Raise Indonesian\u00c2\u00a0Muslims Awareness on ISIL\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Jakarta Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the <a title=\"Turkish Elections Could Shift President's Role\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/turkish-elections-shift-presidents-role-24912411\" target=\"_blank\">Turkish presidential election that could change the office from a symbolic head of state into a\u00c2\u00a0dominant political figure<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Erdogan is all over the airwaves, while one opposition journalist is arrested and the resignation of another sparks a controversy over freedom of the press:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2014\/0809\/As-Erdogan-makes-presidential-bid-Turkish-media-airs-Truman-Show\">As Erdogan makes presidential bid, Turkish media airs &#8216;Truman Show<\/a>&#8216; (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/turkish-journalist-critical-government-arrested-24913587\">Turkish Journalist Critical of Government Arrested<\/a> (AP \/ abc News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/08\/09\/us-turkey-election-media-idUSKBN0G909820140809?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews\">Leading Turkish Newspaper Editor Resigns Ahead of Election<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\">In reaction to the Australian anti- terrorism laws, Tahmina Rashid, an associate professor at the University of Canberra for International Studies says that \u00c2\u00a0the Muslim community &#8220;\u00c2\u00a0should view the measures as designed to protect them as well as the broader Australian community:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-08-09\/muslims-should-not-feel-targeted-by-security-laws-academic\/5660046\">Muslim Community Should Not Feel Targeted by Government&#8217;s Counterterrorism Laws, Academic Says<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(ABC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Muslim groups protest the suspension of Mike Carlton, a columnist for Fairfax , accused of\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;offensive language towards readers complaining about a July 26 column and accompanying cartoon about the war in Gaza&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/media\/muslim-groups-threaten-smh-boycott-over-loss-of-mike-carlton\/story-e6frg996-1227018925648\">Muslim Groups Threaten SMH Boycott Over Loss of Mike Carlton<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Australian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For multiple of reasons,&#8221;The United States is not intervening against Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian regime, as Obama had proposed. Instead, it is striking one of Assad&#8217;s biggest enemies&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2014\/08\/08\/why-u-s-bombs-are-falling-on-iraq-and-not-syria\/\">Why U.S. Bombs Are Falling on Iraq and Not Syria<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.. yet,\u00c2\u00a0it plans to be in the half-fought struggle for long time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/09\/obama-isis-northern-iraq-kurds-long-term-airdrops\">Obama Warns of Long Campaign as Iraq Strikes Continue Against ISIS<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the dead finally bueired Gaza deals with 10,000 wounded &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/gazas-wounded-living-reminder-ravages-war-24917362\">Gaza&#8217;s Wounded: Living Reminder of Ravages of War<\/a> (AP \/ abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; as Gaza supporters in Latin America and South Africa show solidarity with Palestine &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2014\/08\/palestine-present-more-than-ever-20148784749547623.html\">Palestine Present More Than Ever in Latin American Politics<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Al- Jazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/1000s-gather-for-Cape-Town-pro-Palestine-march-20140809\">10 ,000s Gather for Cape Town Pro-Palestine March<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(News24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the Palestinians say they won&#8217;t talk to themselves if |Israel won&#8217;t come to the peace table:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/palestinians-quit-gaza-talks-israel-show-24917164\">Palestinians to Quit Gaza Talks If Israel No-Show<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(AP \/ abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the off chance that you didn&#8217;t understand the real purpose of declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, the political party that won winners of Egypt&#8217;s first elections after the fall of the Mubarak dictatorship, will\u00c2\u00a0be dissolved and its assets seized by the state&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/09\/egyptian-court-muslim-brotherhood-freedom-and-justice-party\">Egypt: Court Dissolves Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s Political Wing<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[T]he Qur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122an warns its readers to not be swayed by charismatic figures who, in reality, only spread evil in the world&#8230;The \u00c2\u00a0killing \u00c2\u00a0and oppression of innocent people and the destruction of land and property is completely antithetical to Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s normative teachings&#8221; &#8230; ISIS Is Ignoring Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Teachings on Yazidis and Christians\u00c2\u00a0(TIME) &#8230; as demonstrated by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45555,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/45555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12134"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12147,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions\/12147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}