{"id":12841,"date":"2014-12-12T07:32:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T12:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12841"},"modified":"2014-12-12T07:32:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T12:32:33","slug":"news-and-analysis-121114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12841","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/12\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are they\u00c2\u00a0stealing from mosques? &#8220;Starting next year authorities will install centrally monitored cameras in every mosque to record what goes on inside. The move is ostensibly meant to prevent theft and regulate energy use, but few doubt the real intention is to tighten the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grip on Islam&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/middle-east-and-africa\/21636110-across-arab-world-rulers-tighten-their-grip-mosque-converting\">The State and Islam\u00c2\u00a0Converting the Preachers<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Economist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Islamophobia in France&#8217;s National Front Party led to the suspension of\u00c2\u00a0Maxence Buttey, &#8220;an elected member of the municipal council of Noisy-le-Grand, a suburb of Paris&#8221; after announcing his conversion to Islam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20141209-france-national-front-sacks-councillor-maxence-buttey-who-converted-islam\/\">France\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Front Sacks Muslim Convert Councillor<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(France 24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although many Muslim Scholars and Muslim nations are working to counter radicalization, the Western World is not paying attention to them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/atlantaforward.blog.ajc.com\/2014\/12\/11\/local-muslim-americans-condemn-terrorism\/#__federated=1\">Local Muslim-Americans Condemn\u00c2\u00a0Terrorism<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Atlanta Journal Constitution)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As far fetched of an idea as it is, &#8220;Israeli writer AB Yehoshua &#8230; said Europeans should consider admitting Palestine and Israel into the\u00c2\u00a0European Union\u00c2\u00a0if both sides settle on a stable peace agreement&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/politics\/palestine-and-israel-should-be-let-into-eu-says-author-1.2034796\">Palestine And Israel Should Be Let Into EU, Says Author<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Irish Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They strangle\u00c2\u00a0Mr. Abu Ein, and\u00c2\u00a0then insinuate\u00c2\u00a0Palestinians \u00c2\u00a0caused his death by taking him to a hospital instead of letting Israelis come to his aid; it&#8217;s like bombing children and blaming it on Hamas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/11\/world\/middleeast\/palestinian-official-ziad-abu-ein-dies.html?_r=0\">Calls for Calm After Palestinian Official Dies During Protest in the West Bank<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2014\/12\/palestine-minister-autopsy-results-disputed-2014121161857231665.html\">Palestine Minister&#8217;s Autopsy Results Disputed<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Islam and Christianity are two different religions, but what they share may be more than what they differ on. &#8220;Mary is so important in Islam that the faith\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s holy book, the Quran, has a chapter (called a sura) named after her. She is one of the few people mentioned by name in the book&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/local\/2014\/12\/11\/mary-in-islam-event.html\">&#8216;Mary in Islam&#8217; is Focus of Saturday Event<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Columbus Dispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are they\u00c2\u00a0stealing from mosques? &#8220;Starting next year authorities will install centrally monitored cameras in every mosque to record what goes on inside. 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