{"id":14252,"date":"2015-07-18T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T15:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14252"},"modified":"2015-07-18T11:30:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T16:30:01","slug":"news-and-analysis-71715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=14252","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/18\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Muhammad Youssuf Abdulazeez spouted Muslim jargon, but his shooting spree in Chattanooga on Thursday violated Islamic teachings as indisputably as his arrest for driving under the influence last April:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Justice\/2015\/0718\/How-ways-to-catch-a-lone-wolf-terrorist-failed-in-Chattanooga-shooting\">How Ways to Catch a &#8216;Lone Wolf&#8217; Terrorist Failed in Chattanooga Shooting<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a world where crimes are made in the name of religion, Alon Goshen-Gottstein reminds us that\u00c2\u00a0religion actually can, and is supposed to, help us in our peaceful coexistence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/alon-goshengottstein\/looking-to-the-geniuses-a_b_7815770.html\">Looking to the Geniuses &#8211; a Jewish-Muslim Perspective for the Eid<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Ramadan comes to an end, Christian Science Monitor rounds up the past month &#8211; from the difficulties of Chinese Muslims to fast to the American Christians who have fasted in solidarity with Muslims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Global-News\/2015\/0716\/Celebrations-religious-restrictions-and-interfaith-solidarity-mark-Eid-al-Fitr-video\">Celebrations, Religious Restrictions, and Interfaith Solidarity Mark Eid al-Fitr <\/a>(Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Australian MP has announced he will attend a Reclaim Australia rally,\u00c2\u00a0where people previously have worn neo-Nazi regalia and anti-Islam banners &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/jul\/16\/coalition-mp-will-speak-against-radical-islam-threat-at-reclaim-australia-rally\">Coalition Will Speak Against &#8216;Radical Islam Threat&#8217; at Reclaim Australia Rally<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while in France, politicians along the whole spectrum oppose the suggestion to reform\u00c2\u00a0abandoned churches into mosques:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/hands-off-my-church-petition-france_55a6e69de4b0c5f0322c55df\">&#8216;Hands off My Church&#8217; Petition Plays on French Fears over\u00c2\u00a0Islam<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You don&#8217;t think Muslims are capable of irreverent humor? Dave Chappelle is back and a doorman gives fair warning to potential targets (including Chappelle&#8217;s fellow-Muslims):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=14252&amp;action=edit\">Dave Chappelle vs the New Intolerance<\/a> (Spiked)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A fatal Eid present from ISIS to their fellow-Muslims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2015\/0718\/ISIS-suicide-bombing-kills-more-than-100-people-in-Iraq-market\">ISIS Suicide Bombing Kills More than 100 People in Iraq Market<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muhammad Youssuf Abdulazeez spouted Muslim jargon, but his shooting spree in Chattanooga on Thursday violated Islamic teachings as indisputably as his arrest for driving under the influence last April: How Ways to Catch a &#8216;Lone Wolf&#8217; Terrorist Failed in Chattanooga Shooting (Christian Science Monitor) In a world where crimes are made in the name of [&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-14252","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\/14252","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=14252"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14260,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252\/revisions\/14260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}