{"id":13991,"date":"2015-06-17T13:28:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T18:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=13991"},"modified":"2015-07-08T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:42:00","slug":"news-and-analysis-61715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=13991","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/17\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a March 2015 TEDtalk, Trevor Aaronson revealed how the FBI manipulates mentally ill and poor Muslim-Americans to set up\u00c2\u00a0terrorist attacks&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/trevor_aaronson_how_this_fbi_strategy_is_actually_creating_us_based_terrorists#t-373631\">Trevor Aaronson: How This FBI Strategy Is Actually Creating US-Based Terrorists<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(TEDTalk)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firstlook.org\/theintercept\/2015\/03\/16\/howthefbicreatedaterrorist\/\">The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;And another Muslim man was recently charged by FBI with conspiracy and transportation firearms with the intent to\u00c2\u00a0commit a felony:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/06\/16\/texas-shooting-anti-islam_n_7599800.html\">Man Charged in Shootout at Anti-Islam Event Wanted to Attack Super Bowl: Prosecutors <\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does it mean to be a Muslim in America today, with anti-islam rallies and an increase in hate crimes? Here answered by Linda Sarsour:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2015\/06\/17\/why-this-has-been-the-worst-year-for-american-muslims-since-911\/\">Why This Has Been the Worst Year for Muslim-Americans Since 9\/11<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Florida, a teenage &#8220;girl\u00c2\u00a0said she has been verbally and physically assaulted because she wears a hijab, or head scarf, to school&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news\/central-florida\/florida-girl-attacked-after-wearing-hijab-to-school\/24271022\">Florida Girl Attacked After Wearing Hijab to School<\/a> (WESH)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while in Iran, &#8220;[o]ne Conservative analyst went on a website to suggest that if a women does not wear the hijab then if a men has sex with her against her will she cannot call it rape&#8217;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Global-News\/2015\/0617\/Iranian-women-are-taking-to-social-media-to-declare-freedom-from-hijab\">Iranian Women Are Taking to Social Media to Declare Freedom from Hijab<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Islamic Circle of North America aims to spread\u00c2\u00a0the peaceful message of Islam by billboards reading\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;Kindness is a mark of faith,&#8221; and\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;Muhammad believed in peace, social justice, women&#8217;s rights&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/06\/16\/billboards-muslim-california_n_7598474.html\">Promoting a Gentler Vision of Islam With &#8216;Discover Muhammad&#8217; Billboards<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;I wanted to protect America and fight the &#8216;bad&#8217; Muslims&#8230;. [Yet, i]t was Islam and not Christianity that re-opened my heart and mind to God. Witnessing the sincerity and dedication Muslims had for other human beings enriched my spirituality in a way that I did not think was possible&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/craig-considine\/from-catholicism-to-athei_b_7585418.html\">From Catholicism to Atheism to Islam And Back to Catholicism<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>British Muslim group argues that the government has to engage with the Muslim community in order to combat radicalization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2015\/jun\/16\/muslim-council-of-britain-says-government-hampering-anti-isis-efforts\">Muslim Council of Britain Says Government Hampering Anti-Isis Efforts<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a March 2015 TEDtalk, Trevor Aaronson revealed how the FBI manipulates mentally ill and poor Muslim-Americans to set up\u00c2\u00a0terrorist attacks&#8230; Trevor Aaronson: How This FBI Strategy Is Actually Creating US-Based Terrorists\u00c2\u00a0(TEDTalk) The Sting: How the FBI Created a Terrorist\u00c2\u00a0(Intercept) &#8230;And another Muslim man was recently charged by FBI with conspiracy and transportation firearms with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52862,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13991","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\/13991","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\/52862"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13991"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14180,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13991\/revisions\/14180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}