{"id":142,"date":"2006-12-08T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=142"},"modified":"2006-12-08T14:54:54","modified_gmt":"2006-12-08T19:54:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-120806","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/08\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Discussion of prayer room at airport as false rumors continue to swirl about Imams&#8217; actions before being kicked off plane:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/12\/07\/AR2006120701643.html\">Diversity of Opinion on Imams&#8217; Dispute With Airline<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sign of Unity: A Sunni leads Friday Prayers at predominantly-Shi&#8217;a anti-government protest in Beirut&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/12\/08\/AR2006120800110.html\">Lebanese Opposition Puts on Show of Muslim Unity<\/a> (Washington Post\/Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8230;Meanwhile, Lebanese TV channels, each loyal to a different party, seem to be promoted sectarianism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-lebtv8dec08,1,1672100.story\">Lebanese TV Has a Politically Split Personality<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Man who plans to organize pig races to protest future Mosque says, &#8220;&#8221;I would be like a total idiot if I didn&#8217;t. I&#8217;d be the laughingstock now because I&#8217;ve gone too far.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/us\/AP-Mosque-Pig-Races.html\">Houston Suburb Objects to Mosque Plans<\/a> (NY Times\/AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8230;In Germany, plans to build a mosque also faces ignorance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/12\/08\/world\/europe\/08mosque.html?pagewanted=1\">In Munich, Provocation in a Symbol of Foreign Faith<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jordan faces influx of Iraqi &#8216;visitors&#8217;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/12\/08\/world\/middleeast\/08refugees.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1\">Uneasy Havens Await Those Who Flee Iraq <\/a>(NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussion of prayer room at airport as false rumors continue to swirl about Imams&#8217; actions before being kicked off plane: Diversity of Opinion on Imams&#8217; Dispute With Airline (Washington Post) Sign of Unity: A Sunni leads Friday Prayers at predominantly-Shi&#8217;a anti-government protest in Beirut&#8230; Lebanese Opposition Puts on Show of Muslim Unity (Washington Post\/Reuters) &#8230;Meanwhile, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","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\/142","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}