{"id":12945,"date":"2014-12-30T06:21:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T11:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12945"},"modified":"2014-12-30T06:30:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T11:30:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-123014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=12945","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/30\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Philadelphia, Muslims organize a rally against racism. &#8220;Rally leaders decried those killings and said demonstrators were focused on improving policing practices and police-community relations, not on protesting against police per se&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/20141228_Muslims_invoke_activist_Malcolm_X_at_rally___quot_die-in_quot__at_City_Hall.html\">Muslims Hold City Hall Rally for Social Justice<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Philly.Com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a Muslim leader denounced the Ahmadis on a popular Pakistani television talk show, &#8220;Luqman Ahmad Shehzad was shot in the back of the head near Bhiri Shah Rehman village, a small community of Ahmadis in the Gujranwala district&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/12\/27\/us-pakistan-ahmadis-idUSKBN0K50GF20141227\">Man From Ahmadi Religious Minority Killed in Pakistan After Muslim Leader Calls Them &#8216;Enemy&#8217;<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but in Britain a talk show host who described Lebanese men as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153idiots\u00e2\u20ac\u009d who hated \u00e2\u20ac\u0153our country and heritage\u00e2\u20ac\u009d pays the price of his fighting words:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2014\/dec\/29\/alan-jones-loses-lengthy-legal-battle-with-muslim-leader-keysar-trad\">Alan Jones Loses Lengthy Legal Battle with Muslim Leader Keysar Trad<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hindu militants have forced the invalidation of the marriage of two consenting adults on a technicality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-others\/hindu-girl-marries-muslim-boy-police-say-marriage-not-valid\/\">Hindu Girl Marries Muslim Boy, Bajrang Dal Cries \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLove Jihad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Police Say Marriage Not Valid<\/a> (Indian Express)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to Muslim women, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still all about what we wear \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the last 12 months only serves to confirm this sad state of affairs. What we say, our achievements, opinions and self-determination continue to be brushed aside&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/women\/womens-life\/11312549\/Muslim-womens-bodies-the-sexiest-property-in-2014.html\">Muslim Women&#8217;s Bodies &#8211; the Hottest Property in 2014<\/a> (Telegraph)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and women who wear the hijab or the niqab are more likely to experience hate- crimes than men, and the rate of the crimes is on the rise, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tellmamauk.org\/\"><strong>TELL MAMA<\/strong><\/a>, a national project measuring anti-Muslim incidents, has told Sky News that over the last 18 months they have seen a 5-10% increase&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/1399008\/anti-muslim-hate-crimes-on-rise-says-charity\">Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes On Rise, Says Charity<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Sky News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;None of the claimed long term objectives for the war in Afghanistan, either from the Bush or Obama administrations, have been achieved.&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Security-Watch\/Backchannels\/2014\/1229\/The-Afghan-war-that-didn-t-really-end-yesterday-ended-in-defeat\">The Afghan War that Didn&#8217;t Really End Yesterday Ended in Defeat<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0(Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vice president claims it is. The evidence suggests otherwise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2014\/12\/is-indonesia-really-the-worlds-most-tolerant-muslim-country\/\">Is Indonesia Really the World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Tolerant Muslim Country?<\/a> (Diplomat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John Kerry will no longer use the term &#8220;Islamic State&#8221; to describe Daesh. The idea is &#8216;to\u00c2\u00a0distinguish between Islam and the Islamic State. As French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius explained, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I do not recommend using the term Islamic State because it blurs the lines between Islam, Muslims and Islamists\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&#8217;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2014\/12\/29\/john-kerry-is-calling-the-islamic-state-by-the-wrong-name-and-its-helping-the-islamic-state\/\">John Kerry Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Call the Islamic State By its Name Anymore. Why That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Not a Good Idea.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does Obama have in common with Winston Churchill?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/today\/index.ssf\/2014\/12\/winston_churchill_a_muslim_new.html\">Winston Churchill a Muslim? 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