{"id":14217,"date":"2015-07-14T14:29:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T19:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14217"},"modified":"2015-07-14T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T20:41:10","slug":"news-and-analysis-71415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14217","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/14\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A nuclear deal with Iran has been reached and will now be voted on in Congress. The deal has stirred up heavy opposition\u00c2\u00a0from the Israeli government and Christian Zionist in Congress:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/07\/14\/us-iran-nuclear-idUSKCN0PM0CE20150714\">Iran Deal Reached, Obama Hails Step Toward &#8216;More Hopeful World&#8217;<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The reason Scotland&#8217;s Muslims are less likely to support extremism than their English counterparts seems to be because they are not as marginalized by the government:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2015\/jul\/14\/good-community-relations-young-muslims-scotland-eschew-extremism\">Good Community Relations Mean Young Muslims in Scotland Eschew Extremism<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; Meanwhile, Islamophobic laws along with deep socioeconomic problems within the Muslim community in Tajikistan leads\u00c2\u00a0to fear of radicalization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jul\/14\/russian-migration-law-tajikistan-islamic-state-recruits\">New Russian Migration Law Boosts Islamic State Recruitment in Tajikistan<\/a> (Guardian\/Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A 23-year-old man with a history of mental problems has been arrested after FBI equipped him with weapons, bringing one&#8217;s thoughts to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/trevor_aaronson_how_this_fbi_strategy_is_actually_creating_us_based_terrorists\">Trevor Aaronson&#8217;s TEDtalk <\/a>on how the FBI is &#8220;creating terrorists&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/07\/13\/alexander-ciccolo-terrorism_n_7787096.html\">Boston Police Captain&#8217;s Estranged Son Reportedly Arrested in FBI Terror Sting<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A video shows that the teen who was shot dead by Israeli military on July 3\u00c2\u00a0was not posing a threat. This leads Israeli Human Rights group B&#8217;Tselem to question Israel&#8217;s ability to investigate its\u00c2\u00a0own military:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/14\/world\/middleeast\/israeli-group-questions-militarys-account-of-palestinian-youths-death.html?_r=0\">Video in Death of Palestinian Seems to Rebut Israeli Military<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Mecca live story on Snapchat generates positive reactions &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m ecstatic that Snapchat showcased this special and momentous occasion, because for the vast majority of the world&#8217;s Muslims, THIS is what Islam is all about!&#8221; &#8211; says Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/snapchat-honors-muslim-holiday-with-live-video-feed_55a4488ce4b0b8145f7370cf\">Snapchat Honors Muslim Holiday With Live Video Feed<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2015\/jul\/14\/mecca-worshippers-stream-live-snapchat-twitter\">Mecca Worshippers Stream Their Stories Live on Snapchat<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Muslim women are &#8220;calling out&#8221; Muslim events with no women represented. &#8220;One of the most egregious and hilarious examples recently was a fundraiser for a social service organization to \u00e2\u20ac\u201d wait for it \u00e2\u20ac\u201d empower women!&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/96924-muslim-women-say-nexttimerememberher-to-the-men-who-forgot-to-include-them-and-its-a\">Who &#8220;Forgot&#8221; to Include Them \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and It&#8217;s a Conversation that Needs to Be Had<\/a> (Bustle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Plans by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a U.S.-based Jewish organization, to open a museum adjacent to the site also angered\u00c2\u00a0Palestinians, who said the project violated\u00c2\u00a0its stated mission of promoting tolerance&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/jerusalem-turn-medieval-palestinian-muslim-cemetery-commercial-site-despite-protests-2005303\">Jerusalem To Turn Medieval Palestinian Muslim Cemetery Into Commercial Site Despite Protests<\/a> (International Business Daily)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nuclear deal with Iran has been reached and will now be voted on in Congress. The deal has stirred up heavy opposition\u00c2\u00a0from the Israeli government and Christian Zionist in Congress: Iran Deal Reached, Obama Hails Step Toward &#8216;More Hopeful World&#8217; (Reuters) The reason Scotland&#8217;s Muslims are less likely to support extremism than their English [&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-14217","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\/14217","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=14217"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14226,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14217\/revisions\/14226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}