{"id":183,"date":"2007-01-16T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=183"},"modified":"2007-01-24T12:52:44","modified_gmt":"2007-01-24T17:52:44","slug":"news-and-analysis-11606-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/16\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Not again\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Outrage from Iraqi Sunnis, global community over \u00e2\u20ac\u0153undignified\u00e2\u20ac\u009d execution:<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6265415.stm\">Questions Raised by Iraq Hangings<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Morocco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s political manipulation of Islam is no laughing matter\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contracostatimes.com\/mld\/cctimes\/news\/local\/crime_courts\/16470241.htm\">Journalists in Morocco Convicted and Fined for Insulting Islam<\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6unlike Canada whose democracy and civil liberties allow Muslims and non-Muslims to have a sense humor:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/01\/16\/world\/americas\/16canada.html?em&#038;ex=1169096400&#038;en=640a3c54f36b57e4&#038;ei=5087%0A\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLittle Mosque\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Defuses Hate with Humor<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Bush administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policies have given Middle East democracy the kiss of death \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it now seeks \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcstability\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 over promoting liberty and civil society:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/01\/16\/world\/middleeast\/16egypt.html?hp&#038;ex=1169010000&#038;en=c2375640fd8137b1&#038;ei=5094&#038;partner=homepage\">Rice Speaks Softly in Egypt, Avoiding Democracy Push<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The latest escalation between the Egyptian state and the Muslim Brotherhood:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6266329.stm\">Egypt Detains Brotherhood Backers<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bloggers expose ongoing torture in Egypt:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6264193.stm\">Fears for Egypt &#8216;Torture&#8217; 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