{"id":14001,"date":"2015-06-18T15:40:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T20:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14001"},"modified":"2015-07-08T09:41:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:41:27","slug":"news-and-analysis-61815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14001","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/18\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Although the new law isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t unique to one community, it allows Muslim-owned restaurants and other businesses to accommodate the community during Ramadan&#8221; by suspending the restriction that they must close by 10 p.m.:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/community-sketchbook\/2015\/06\/ramadan-begins-minneapolis-makes-life-little-easier-muslim-businesses\">As Ramadan Begins, Minneapolis Makes Life a Little Easier for Muslim Businesses<\/a> (Minneapolis Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Abukar Arman calls for heads of Muslim\u00c2\u00a0nations to seek advice from Qur&#8217;an to stop oppression:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ramadan-time-muslim-rulers-reflect-ethical-governance-343923\">Ramadan: Time for Muslim Rulers to Reflect on Ethical Governance <\/a>(Newsweek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fighting between the Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia-led coalition continues, despite peace talks in Geneva:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jun\/17\/yemen-car-bombs-target-shia-mosques-houthi-headquarters\">Yemen: Car Bombs Target Shia Mosques and Houthi Headquarters<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dan Murphy rejects <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-obama-abandoned-israel-1434409772\">former Israeli ambassador claim<\/a> that the Obama administration has &#8220;abandoned&#8221; Israel, showing that neither one of the supposed policies regarding the\u00c2\u00a0countries relations actually exists&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Security-Watch\/Backchannels\/2015\/0617\/Did-Obama-abandon-Israel-If-so-he-s-not-alone-among-US-presidents\">Did Obama &#8216;Abandon&#8217; Israel? If So, He&#8217;s Not Alone Among US Presidents<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;Alon Ben-Meir calls for US to <em>actually\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>change their policy:\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;Netanyahu [&#8230;] takes American political support for granted. When he realizes he can no longer do so, he will have to [&#8230;]\u00c2\u00a0develop new plans that will advance the peace process, or resign&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/alon-benmeir\/the-us-must-stop-enabling_b_7612278.html\">The U.S. Must Stop Enabling Israel<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A new study shows that the attacks on Muslims in Britain have\u00c2\u00a0risen after terrorist attacks have been committed <em>outside<\/em> of UK&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2015\/jun\/17\/hate-crimes-against-muslims-britain-spike-jihadi-attacks-study\">Hate Crimes Against Muslims in Britain Spike After Jihadi Attack, Study Finds<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; And in Beijing &#8211; supposedly to &#8220;crack down on &#8216;religious extremists'&#8221; -\u00c2\u00a0the city conducts surveillance on mosques and bans fasting during Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/china\/11683976\/Beijing-bans-Muslim-officials-from-fasting-in-Ramadan-in-parts-of-Xinjiang.html\">Beijing Bans Muslim Officials From Fasting in Ramadan in Parts of Xinjiang<\/a> (Telegraph)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Unlike the [U.S.], the U.K. does not have a strict, constitutionally mandated separation of church and the state&#8230;.&#8221;Telling the faithful what their religion does or does not allow&#8221; is nothing new and in India &#8220;the British codified Islamic law and eliminated the plurality of the multiple schools of Islamic thought&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2015\/6\/ramadan-ban-part-of-uks-profiling-of-muslim-kids.html\">Ramadan Ban Part of UK&#8217;s Profiling of Muslim Kids<\/a> (AlJazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;As with many previous extremists, Isis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s latest British recruits seem to have been maladjusted misfits: estranged from co-religionists rather than bound to them&#8230;. 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