{"id":19851,"date":"2018-12-21T18:11:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19851"},"modified":"2018-12-21T18:11:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:11:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-20-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19851","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/20\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rashida Tlaib says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Muslims were there at the beginning. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Some of our founding fathers knew more about Islam than some members of Congress now&#8221;:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2018\/12\/19\/rashida-tlaib-koran-muslim-congresswoman\/2338912002\/\">Detroit Congresswoman to Use Jefferson&#8217;s Koran for Swearing-in Ceremony<\/a> (Detroit Free Press)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Shaima Swileh will get on the earliest available flight out of Egypt, using a rare travel waiver granted by the U.S. State Department&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/us-lets-yemeni-mom-barred-under-trumps-muslim-ban-see-her-dying-son\">U.S. Lets Yemeni Mom, Barred Under Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Ban, See Her Dying Son<\/a> (The Daily Beast)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have coordinated with police, military, and Islamic groups to maintain the security, so that Catholics can attend Christmas Masses comfortably and safely&#8221; &#8212; the security coordinator at Santa Maria Church:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicherald.co.uk\/news\/2018\/12\/19\/muslim-youth-to-help-guard-indonesian-churches-at-christmas\/\">Muslim Youth to Help Guard Indonesian Churches at Christmas<\/a> (Catholic News Service)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Among his offending posts: &#8220;There will never be peace with the monsters in human form known since 1964 as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPalestinians.'&#8221; In the past he has also posted anti-Semitic attacks on Jews who disagree with him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/12\/18\/facebook-bans-benjamin-netanyahus-son-over-anti-muslim-hate-speech\/\">Facebook Bans Benjamin Netanyahu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Son over Anti-Muslim \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHate Speech\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (NY Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Aid will be suspend or cut to 192,000 people &#8220;in the occupied West Bank and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20180810-what-everyone-should-know-about-israels-siege-of-the-gaza-strip\/\">besieged<\/a> Gaza Strip&#8221; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingisraelnews.com\/113805\/congress-38-billion-defense-aid-israel\/\">aid to the occupying power will be increased<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20181220-wfp-reduces-aid-to-palestinians-due-to-budget-deficit\/\">WFP Reduces Aid to Palestinians Due to Budget Deficit<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Israel has been holding the bodies of more than 250 Palestinians, some of them for more than a decade.&nbsp;Without the return of their remains, their families are unable to proceed with formal burials&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/middle-east\/palestinians-push-israel-to-return-bodies-of-their-relatives-22654\">Palestinians Push Israel to Return Bodies of Their Relatives<\/a> (TRTWord)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rashida Tlaib says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Muslims were there at the beginning. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Some of our founding fathers knew more about Islam than some members of Congress now&#8221;:&nbsp; 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