{"id":19598,"date":"2018-10-22T06:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T11:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19598"},"modified":"2018-10-22T06:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T11:45:15","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-22-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19598","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/22\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8220;Khashoggi&#8217;s brave journalism was inspired in great part by Islam, and indicting it on account of the vile actions of the Saudi regime,&#8221; is unjust both &#8220;to the memory of a courageous journalist &#8230; and &#8230; to a global religion that stands apart from the vile actions of &#8230; any single state or government&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/saudi-regime-represent-islam-181019145130605.html\">The Saudi Regime Does Not Represent Islam<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Coming from different ethnic, racial and socio-economic backgrounds, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/talalansari\/trumps-anti-islam-rhetoric-convinced-these-muslims-they\" data-omni-click=\"r'article',r'',d,r'intext',r'4',r'None'\">candidates<\/a> defied the stereotypes of a monolithic Muslim American community that often prevail in media narratives&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2018\/10\/the-first-muslim-women-could-be-heading-to-congress\/573508\/\">These Two Could Soon Be the First Muslim Women to Serve in Congress<\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s PM is being warned against repeating Trump&#8217;s mistake &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/national\/94623\/former-us-officials-advise-australia-against-following-trump-on-iran\">Former US Officials Advise Australia Against Following Trump on Iran<\/a> (Financial Tribune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while his &#8220;announcement last week that he was open to Australia moving its mission from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0delighted Israel, infuriated Palestinians and was seen locally, where he trails in opinion polls, as a naked grab for votes in Wentworth, the most strongly Jewish electorate in the country&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-australia-politics-israel\/australias-jerusalem-ploy-fails-to-avoid-by-election-beating-risks-muslim-backlash-idUSKCN1MV041\">Australia&#8217;s Jerusalem Ploy Fails to Avoid By-election Beating, Risks Muslim Backlash<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and in the U.S. &#8220;the vast majority of anti-Muslim campaigns have ended in failure \u00e2\u20ac\u201d even with clearly credible candidates and in places where President Trump is popular&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/10\/22\/anti-muslim-campaigns-midterms-921475\">Running Anti-Muslim Campaigns &#8216;a Losing Strategy,&#8217; Report Finds<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;As Anglo-Islamic relations blossomed&#8221; because of the Anglo-Muslim alliance against their common enemy of Catholic Spain, &#8220;the arrival in 1600 of Muhammad Al-Annuri, the Moroccan ambassador to Elizabethan London, is said to have been Shakespeare&#8217;s inspiration for Othello&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/portrait-othello-black-muslim-tragic-hero-181019213737799.html\">A Portrait of Othello as a Black Muslim Tragic Hero<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The real reason the Liberal government hasn&#8217;t been able to re-establish relations with Iran is due to its adherence to a &#8216;stupid&#8217; Canadian law allowing the seizure of Iranian assets, says Canada&#8217;s recently expelled ambassador to Saudi Arabia&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/iran-canada-diplomatic-relations-1.4871561\">Canada&#8217;s Re-engagement with Iran Blocked by Act that Allows Its Assets to Be Seized, Says Retired Envoy<\/a> (CBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Unlike in other communities, among Muslims, it is easier to marry off educated daughters. 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