{"id":18002,"date":"2017-12-28T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=18002"},"modified":"2017-12-28T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:21:15","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-28-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=18002","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/28\/17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what &#8220;would be the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s longest period of emergency rule since the 1970s era of strongman Ferdinand Marcos[, t]he militarization had displaced thousands of the indigenous Lumad people and some had been killed&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-philippines-security\/u-n-says-massive-rights-abuses-in-southern-philippines-could-intensify-under-martial-law-idUSKBN1EM0SN?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\">U.N. Says &#8216;Massive&#8217; Rights Abuses in Southern Philippines Could Intensify Under Martial Law<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After Aboutaleb said that his struggle to be a good mayor for the people of Rotterdam is a kind of jihad and that some salafis want to emulate Muhammad as some Christians want to emulate Jesus, Geert Wilders demanded he resign:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nltimes.nl\/2017\/12\/26\/every-muslim-bit-salafist-rotterdam-mayor\">&#8220;Every Muslim Is a Bit of a Salafist&#8221;: Rotterdam Mayor<\/a> (NL Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Transport Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday he had chosen a proposed subway stop near the Western Wall in Jerusalem\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Old City &#8211; right in the middle of the area that the Palestinians want as their own future capital&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-israel-railway\/israel-wants-to-build-trump-station-near-western-wall-idUSKBN1EL12D?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\">Israel Wants to Build &#8216;Trump Station&#8217; near Western Wall<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A member of the &#8220;Freedom&#8221; (sic) Party opposed funding youth centers on the grounds that &#8220;they were heavily used by Muslims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/parallels\/2017\/12\/26\/572572798\/austrian-muslims-say-religious-intolerance-is-growing\">Austrian Muslims Say Religious Intolerance Is Growing<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The prosecutor &#8220;said Djalali had confessed to meeting Mossad agents repeatedly to deliver information on Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nuclear and defense plans and personnel, and helping to infect Defense Ministry computer systems with viruses&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-nuclear-court\/iran-confirms-upholding-death-sentence-for-academic-over-spying-idUSKBN1EJ0LZ?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\">Iran Confirms Upholding Death Sentence for Academic over Spying<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There are two religions in Earth which have distinct enmity against all other religions. These two are Christianity and Islam. They &#8230; are determined to destroy all other religions&#8221; &#8212; Hindu extremist\u00c2\u00a0Rabindranath Tagore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/ugliness-behind-long-standing-anti-muslim-bias-india\/\">The Ugliness Behind Long-standing Anti-Muslim Bias in India<\/a> (Asia Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Saudi economic &#8220;reforms&#8221; are attracting interest from foreign investors but there is still no sign on native entrepreneurship in a country where about 70% of the &#8220;population is under 30 and frequently glued to social media&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-saudi-tech-exclusive\/exclusive-apple-and-amazon-in-talks-to-set-up-in-saudi-arabia-sources-idUSKBN1EM0PZ?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\">Apple and Amazon in Talks to Set Up in Saudi Arabia &#8211; Sources<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike younger pluralism advocates who also use &#8220;concepts of &#8216;role,&#8217; &#8216;agency&#8217; and &#8216;authority&#8217; as analytical tools,&#8221; Gus Mus has &#8220;solid traditional credentials of religious authority&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/academia\/2017\/12\/27\/commentary-why-indonesia-needs-muslim-cleric-like-gus-mus.html\">Commentary: Why Indonesia Needs Muslim Cleric Like Gus Mus<\/a> (Jakarta Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Continuing its murder of Muslims, the so-called &#8220;Islamic state, which is opposed to both the Taliban and the Western-backed government, has claimed a growing share of such attacks&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-afghanistan-blast\/islamic-state-claims-blasts-at-afghan-shiite-center-news-agency-that-kill-dozens-idUSKBN1EM0F5?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\">Islamic State Claims Blasts at Afghan Shi&#8217;ite Center, News Agency that Kill Dozens<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what &#8220;would be the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s longest period of emergency rule since the 1970s era of strongman Ferdinand Marcos[, t]he militarization had displaced thousands of the indigenous Lumad people and some had been killed&#8221;: U.N. 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