{"id":19684,"date":"2018-11-12T11:10:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19684"},"modified":"2018-11-12T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:10:33","slug":"news-and-analysis-11-12-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19684","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/12\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"gnca-article-story-txt gn-speakable-description\">A &#8220;century after Muslim soldiers from South Asia, North Africa and elsewhere went to war for their colonial masters, a U.K.-based campaign is working to shed light on their oft-overlooked sacrifices&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/4651054\/muslim-soldiers-first-world-war\/?utm_medium=Facebook&amp;utm_source=GlobalNews&amp;fbclid=IwAR2n3HHme5EVX9Df3qHWQxT9eKUvAkQwaju4N8TSZfo-FfCUSIlv14r0fbE\">The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers Who Fought in First World War Trenches for the Allies<\/a> (Global News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Israeli social media expert was present at meetings held a &#8220;year before the assassination of journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/world-news\/remains-of-khashoggi-found-in-garden-of-saudi-counsel-s-home-sky-news-reports-1.6589232\">Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>, [between] senior Saudi intelligence officials close to [MbS and] &#8230; a group of businessmen to discuss the potential use of private companies to assassinate Iranian enemies&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/top-saudi-officials-considered-assassinating-iranian-general-soleimani-1.6639613\">Top Saudi Officials &#8216;Considered Assassinating Iran&#8217;s General Soleimani&#8217;<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and now among those stepping forward to help MbS &#8220;to escape consequences for the <a title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/tape-of-khashoggis-killing-has-been-given-to-us-saudi-europeans-erdogan-says\/2018\/11\/10\/bb21ab5e-e4e0-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.e306592523ca\">murder of Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0&#8230; have been fellow Arab dictators, such as Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/egypts-leader-faults-media-coverage-of-khashoggi-slaying\/2018\/11\/06\/9d0db886-e1d1-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html?utm_term=.eeb0adb14517\">Abdel Fatah al-Sissi<\/a>[,] &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0cynical opportunists, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/jamal-khashoggi-russia-putin-saudi-arabia-murder-latest-turkey-consulate-istanbul-a8597646.html\">Russia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Vladi\u00c2\u00admir Putin<\/a>,&#8221; and, of course,\u00c2\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/why-is-israel-tossing-a-lifeline-to-jamal-khashoggis-killers\/2018\/11\/11\/6a26572e-e380-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.05736dacb827\">Why Is Israel Tossing a Lifeline to Jamal Khashoggi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Killers<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Advising followers not to fear accusations that they are &#8220;bigots or racists&#8221; the proposer of the purge declares, &#8220;We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re patriots who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allow jihadists to play in the fields of the lord,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d while their critics within the Republican party ask &#8220;what message is being sent to other minority communities?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/state\/texas\/article221307605.html\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Patriots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Tarrant Republicans Met to Discuss Ousting Muslim from Party Post<\/a> (Star-Telegram)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Qatar &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0has no grievance with Washington and little sympathy for Tehran but has come in different ways to depend on both. &#8230; [M]easures &#8230; designed to force Doha to break its links with Tehran &#8230; have had the opposite effect&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a5dd678e-e138-11e8-a6e5-792428919cee\">Qatar Is in an Uneasy Position as Iran Sanctions Bite<\/a> (Financial Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;Iranian sanctions complicate matters for New Delhi and Tokyo in their relationship with Washington, as neither shares the intense US dislike for Tehran&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/article\/iran-could-be-the-key-to-cementing-india-and-japan-ties\/\">Iran Could Be the Key to Cementing India and Japan Ties<\/a> (Asia Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;Iraq&#8217;s president said on Sunday talks with the United States were continuing and his country&#8217;s special conditions regarding sanctions on Iran should be taken into consideration&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pw-hidden-cp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/iraq-urges-us-to-consider-its-position-in-talks-on-iran-sanctions-10919110\">Iraq Urges US to Consider Its Position in Talks on Iran Sanctions<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Channel News Asia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while three small Caucasus countries that buy no Iranian crude oil &#8220;have to various extents relied on Iran for natural gas, and stand to be affected \u00e2\u20ac\u201c if only by uncertainty until the exact scope of the sanctions becomes clearer&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Geopolitics\/International\/These-Nations-Are-The-Hardest-Hit-By-Iran-Sanctions.html\">These Nations Are the Hardest Hit by Iran Sanctions<\/a> (Oil Price)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the Trump administration exempts an important Iranian port being developed by India in order to prevent China from benefiting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/article\/why-a-strategic-port-in-iran-was-exempted-from-sanctions\/\">Why a Strategic Port in Iran Was Exempted from Sanctions<\/a> (Asia Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"css-8hqh7i\">&#8220;Indonesian Ulama Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s followers are obeying&#8221; its nonbinding opinion that &#8220;vaccines use a gelatine as a stabilising agent which is based on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcillicit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 substances derived from pigs&#8221; even though &#8220;Jewish and Muslim organisations around the world have ruled this not to be a problem&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/lifestyle\/health-wellbeing\/indonesian-muslim-clerics-reject-measles-rubella-vaccine-as-unclean-ng-c87376eef0f6db057b9732859f6de871\">Indonesian Muslim Clerics Reject Measles, Rubella Vaccine as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUnclean\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Perthnow)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ms. Helal says the\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;idea of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthe poor Muslim woman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, the poor oppressed woman who has used sport to overcome that\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is &#8220;an\u00c2\u00a0insincere and inauthentic way of engaging with Muslim women&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/uae\/watch-the-muslim-woman-changing-outdated-perceptions-with-football-1.790632\">The Muslim Woman Changing Outdated Perceptions with Football<\/a> (The National)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s lethal raid may sabotage its indirect understandings with Hamas &#8220;backed by Qatar and Egypt, to allow cash and fuel into Gaza &#8230; [as] part of a broader effort to alleviate deteriorating conditions in the impoverished territory after 11 years of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/fresh-fighting-erupts-amid-steps-to-tone-down-gaza-violence\/2018\/11\/11\/93c211e2-e612-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html?utm_term=.e8130fdc08c7\">Thousands in Gaza Demand Revenge After Deadly Israeli Raid<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;century after Muslim soldiers from South Asia, North Africa and elsewhere went to war for their colonial masters, a U.K.-based campaign is working to shed light on their oft-overlooked sacrifices&#8221;: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers Who Fought in First World War Trenches for the Allies (Global News) An Israeli social media expert was present at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19684","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\/19684","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19684"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19695,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19684\/revisions\/19695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}