{"id":131,"date":"2006-11-28T11:28:22","date_gmt":"2006-11-28T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=131"},"modified":"2006-11-28T11:42:26","modified_gmt":"2006-11-28T16:42:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-112806","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/28\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hui Muslims: &#8220;The national policies are opening up and as long as you don&#8217;t go against the country&#8217;s religious policies and regulations, you can freely progress.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&#8212;but then, is it really \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfree\u00e2\u20ac\u2122?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/27\/AR2006112700246.html\">China&#8217;s Muslims Look to Middle East as Ties Grow<\/a> (Washington Post\/Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, China increases persecution of the Uighars, arresting and harassing the family of an outspoken activist for Uighar rights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/F5D48377-8A26-4356-9539-EFB55037F056.htm\">China Jails Uighur Activist&#8217;s Son<span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none\" \/><\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Calculating that President Bush is desperate for friends in the Middle East,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mubarak\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s regime continues crackdown on any opposition<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/28\/AR2006112800422.html\">Egyptian Opposition Reels under Fresh State Crackdown<\/a> (Washington Post\/Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Civil society group in Lebanon launches a controversial campaign to fight sectarianism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/27\/AR2006112701456.html\">Ad Blitz Satirizes Lebanon&#8217;s Divides<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">US Airways stands by decision to kick imams off the plane for praying and practicing their first amendment right to free speech:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/27\/AR2006112701184.html\">At National Airport, Prayers Against Profiling<\/a> (Washington Post\/AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<span class=\"detaildsuammary\">Israel is\u00c2\u00a0ready to &#8220;withdraw from considerable territory&#8221;,\u00c2\u00a0free\u00c2\u00a0Palestinian prisoners and release funds to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for the\u00c2\u00a0return of a soldier seized in June.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/B24DAC81-DA53-4F58-8C81-ECC212AA7F8A.htm\">Olmert Offers Prisoner Swaps<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A new safe haven for Al-Qaeda: classified US military memo describes \u00e2\u20ac\u0153al-Qaeda in Iraq as the &#8220;dominate organization of influence in al-Anbar,&#8221; surpassing all other groups, the Iraqi government and U.S. troops &#8220;in its ability to control the day-to-day life of the average Sunni.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"\" \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/27\/AR2006112701287.html\">Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker <\/a>(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hui Muslims: &#8220;The national policies are opening up and as long as you don&#8217;t go against the country&#8217;s religious policies and regulations, you can freely progress.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&#8212;but then, is it really \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfree\u00e2\u20ac\u2122? 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