{"id":17918,"date":"2017-12-14T07:13:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T12:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=17918"},"modified":"2017-12-16T06:54:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T11:54:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-14-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=17918","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/14\/17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Justice Department is trying to push away legal challenges to his detention by claiming that nobody &#8230; outside the feds knows who he is, therefore nobody could claim to represent him in court. That the government <em>itself<\/em> is the reason why we don&#8217;t know his identity is just the icing on the cake&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reason.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/12\/a-us-citizen-suspected-of-joining-isis-h?utm_medium=email\">A U.S. Citizen Suspected of Joining ISIS Has Been Held for Months Without Charges or a Lawyer<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Netanyahu went to Europe to drum up support for Trump&#8217;s embassy move but only his fellow racists are on board, and they are not in power (yet) &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2017\/12\/11\/who-supports-trump-on-jerusalem-europes-anti-islam-politicians\/?utm_term=.8a5f60ce4120\">Who Supports Trump on Jerusalem? Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anti-Islam Politicians<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but will the Muslim nations of the OIC have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump or will they once again fall back on empty rhetoric?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2017\/1213\/Palestinian-president-calls-for-US-to-leave-peace-negotiations\">Palestinian President Calls for US to Leave Peace Negotiations<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/12\/13\/57-muslim-nations-say-trump-now-disqualified-israeli-palestinian\/\">57 Muslim Nations Say Trump Is Now Disqualified from Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process<\/a> (Telegraph)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-israel-oic\/muslim-leaders-call-on-world-to-recognize-east-jerusalem-as-palestinian-capital-idUSKBN1E70KM?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29\">Muslim Leaders Call on World to Recognize East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jordantimes.com\/news\/region\/turkey-says-some-muslim-countries-did-not-reply-summit-invitation\">Turkey Says Some Muslim Countries Did Not Reply to Summit Invitation<\/a> (Jordan Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-israel-iran\/iran-urges-muslim-nations-to-defend-palestinians-after-trump-move-idUSKBN1E715H?il=0\">Iran Urges Muslim Nations to Defend Palestinians After Trump Move<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Mike Pence will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/palestinians\/1.828330\">visiting<\/a> the Holy Land and Egypt later this month, but none of the local Christians will have anything to do with him&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/larison\/pences-misguided-mideast-trip\">Pence\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Misguided Mideast Trip<\/a> (The American Conservative)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the Muslim guardians of their holy site is on their side:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/muslim-custodian-family-of-church-of-sepulcher-refuse-to-welcome-us-vp-pence-124094\">Muslim Custodian Family of Church of Sepulcher Refuse to Welcome US VP Pence<\/a> (Hurriyat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The possible transfer could spark a new arms race in the Middle East and constitutes one explanation why Saudi responses to President Donald J. Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel were muted and limited to rhetorical statements&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/us-saudi-nuclear-talks-a-barometer-for-whither-the_us_5a31f1e4e4b06a512dd69d84\">US-Saudi Nuclear Talks: A Barometer for Whither the Middle East?<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Authorities are gathering DNA and blood types through free medical checkups, and [Human Rights Watch] said it is was unclear if patients were aware that their biometric data was being collected for the police during these physical exams&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-gathering-blood-dna-iris-massive-database-millions-muslim-province-746529\">China Gathering Blood, DNA and Iris Scans for Massive Database of Millions in Muslim Province<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Policies of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/us-plans-to-cap-refugees-at-45000-in-coming-fiscal-year-according-to-state-department-report\/2017\/09\/27\/5678e392-a39c-11e7-8cfe-d5b912fabc99_story.html?utm_term=.841e6fe10dbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slashing<\/a> the refugee program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/trump-administration-changes-travel-ban-countries\/2017\/09\/24\/1fef7cfe-a140-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banning<\/a> all immigration and travelers from several majority Muslim countries, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-trump-administrations-stealth-attack-on-legal-immigration\/2017\/08\/28\/afbf1912-8c04-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?utm_term=.a901df09e27d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">imposing<\/a> new burdens on all visa applicants as part of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153extreme vetting\u00e2\u20ac\u009d initiatives &#8230; appear to have \u00e2\u20ac\u0153worked,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d strongly reducing Muslim immigration and travel to the United States&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/muslim-ban-fewer-muslim-refugees-immigrants-travelers-enter-us-2017-0\">Muslim Ban? Fewer Muslim Refugees, Immigrants, and Travelers Enter U.S. in 2017<\/a> (Cato Institute)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Trump shrewdly draws on already-circulating certainties about Muslim men as violent, animalistic, and mercurial. Historian Sophia Arjana <a class=\"bn-clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/muslims-in-the-western-imagination-9780199324927?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;notes&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:3,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/muslims-in-the-western-imagination-9780199324927?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\" data-ylk=\"subsec:paragraph;cpos:6\" data-rapid-parsed=\"slk\" data-rapid_p=\"4\" data-v9y=\"1\">notes<\/a> that Muslims have historically been viewed as a source of contamination, unraveling the (White) racial integrity of Christendom&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/trumps-manipulation-of-muslim-masculinity_us_5a300817e4b0bad78712705c\">Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Manipulation of Muslim Masculinity<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The crazy man responsible for subway explosion in NYC &#8220;was inspired by the Islamic State group but had apparently not had any direct contact with the group and probably acted alone&#8221; and seriously injured himself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/2017\/1211\/ISIS-inspired-suspect-behind-New-York-explosion-that-injured-four\">ISIS-inspired Suspect Behind New York Explosion that Injured Four<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[S]tudents returning from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozy.com\/flashback\/holy-wars-and-the-founding-of-saudi-arabia\/73825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> after studies &#8230; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153brought back with them this sectarian attitude:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozy.com\/fast-forward\/southeast-asias-growing-problem-with-radical-islam\/82252\">Southeast Asia&#8217;s Growing Problem with Radical Islam<\/a> (OZY)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Justice Department is trying to push away legal challenges to his detention by claiming that nobody &#8230; outside the feds knows who he is, therefore nobody could claim to represent him in court. 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