{"id":14227,"date":"2015-07-15T16:26:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T21:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14227"},"modified":"2015-07-16T11:31:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T16:31:30","slug":"news-and-analysis-71515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14227","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/15\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"articleText\">&#8220;Obama spoke in a lawyerly tone, at times mocking opponents of the deal, including &#8230; Netanyahu, for offering no viable alternative. He dismissed critics&#8217; objections one by one and even solicited others from journalists&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/07\/15\/us-iran-nuclear-idUSKCN0PP2BQ20150715?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews\">Obama: Iran Deal Is Only Alternative to More Mideast War<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With a nuclear deal with Iran negotiated, Ian Black assess the obstacles to further rapprochement with the U.S.:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jul\/15\/iran-deal-evokes-visions-of-hope-and-fears-of-revolution\">&#8216;Rising&#8217; Iran Asserts Right to Play Constructive Middle East Role<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A close relative saying that a group of British and South African tourists may have been detained on unspecified charges simply &#8220;because many of them had &#8230; Muslim names&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/china\/11741116\/Five-British-tourists-to-face-terror-charges-in-Inner-Mongolia.html\">Five British Tourists &#8216;To Face Terrorist Charges&#8217; in Inner Mongolia<\/a> (Telegraph)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are Americans warming up to Muslims? Only 60% of Americans would\u00c2\u00a0vote for a Muslim president; but Connecticut&#8217;s first Muslim mayor is &#8220;encouraged by an upward trajectory&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/are-americans-ready-for-a-muslim-president-heres-what-a-new-gallup-poll-suggests_55a65fdde4b04740a3de6b44\">Are Americans Ready for a Muslim President? Here&#8217;s What a New Gallup Poll Suggests<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The reason why the peace talks in Yemen are unsuccessful is because no one wants to stop fighting &#8211; and it&#8217;s hurting Yemen civilians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Security-Watch\/Backchannels\/2015\/0715\/As-Yemen-s-civil-war-grinds-on-fears-of-a-potential-breakup\">As Yemen&#8217;s Civil War Grinds On, Fears of a Potential Breakup<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And you thought fluoride was bad? A small Texas town is in a frenzy over the the threat of\u00c2\u00a0decaying Muslim corpses polluting their\u00c2\u00a0water supply &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/muslim-cemetery-plans-stir-outrage-small-texas-town-2009431\">Muslim Cemetery Plans Stir Outrage in Small Texas Town<\/a> (International Business Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but Congress is no better; critics claim proposed\u00c2\u00a0legislation conflates &#8220;behaviors that are associated with religious practices and political activism&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/countering-violent-extremism-bill-muslim-civil-rights-organizations-voice-opposition-2008199\">Countering Violent Extremism Bill: Muslim, Civil Rights Organizations Voice Opposition To Controversial Legislation<\/a> (International Business Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Obama spoke in a lawyerly tone, at times mocking opponents of the deal, including &#8230; Netanyahu, for offering no viable alternative. He dismissed critics&#8217; objections one by one and even solicited others from journalists&#8221;: Obama: Iran Deal Is Only Alternative to More Mideast War (Reuters) With a nuclear deal with Iran negotiated, Ian Black assess [&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-14227","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\/14227","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=14227"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14237,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14227\/revisions\/14237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}