{"id":19902,"date":"2019-01-02T06:53:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T11:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19902"},"modified":"2019-01-02T22:01:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T03:01:28","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19902","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/2\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She was killed when &#8220;an Israeli sniper [fired] into a crowd that included white-coated medics in plain view &#8230; [though] neither the medics nor anyone around them posed any apparent threat of violence to Israeli personnel&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/30\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-medic-israel-shooting.html\">A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Given Western support for the Yemen War and indifference to &#8220;atrocities against Palestinians, &#8230; interventions by western governments in the judiciary cases in Iran &#8230; [seem] hypocritical and politically motivated&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/dec\/31\/the-foreign-office-did-not-have-a-hand-in-my-release-from-iran\">The Foreign Office Did Not Have a Hand in My Release from Iran<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Detroit-born woman told to &#8220;Go back to India&#8221; before an attack that results in hospitalization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/video\/4002761-muslim-women-visiting-from-oklahoma-say-they-were-attacked-outside-reunion-tower-she-hit-me-in-the-middle-of-the-head\/\">Muslim Women Visiting from Oklahoma Say They Were Attacked Outside Reunion Tower: &#8216;She Hit Me in the Middle of the Head&#8217;<\/a> (CBS DFW)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Women&#8217;s mosques&#8221; are enjoying a resurgence, but despite closures during the  &#8220;Cultural Revolution,&#8221; China&#8217;s Hui Muslims have had them for centuries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/special-report-meet-the-female-imams-of-muslim-china-1.808330\">Special Report: Meet the Female Imams of Muslim China<\/a> (The National)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rulers in Iran and the U.S., each in their own way, see digital currency as a threat to national security:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/iran-labels-telegrams-coin-a-threat-to-national-security\/\">Iran Labels Telegram\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Coin a Threat to National Security<\/a> (Bitcoin)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/bill-to-curb-iranian-national-crypto-filed-in-us-congress\/\">Bill to Curb Iranian National Crypto Filed in US Congress<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(Bitcoin)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The withholding tax would have rendered unworkable &#8220;a bilateral agreement to settle oil trades through an Indian government-owned bank &#8230; in the Indian currency, which is not freely traded on international markets&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/industry\/energy\/oil-gas\/india-exempts-rupee-payments-for-iran-oil-from-hefty-taxes\/articleshow\/67326849.cms\">India Exempts Rupee Payments for Iran Oil from Hefty Taxes<\/a> (Economic Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus &#8220;has shifted in selected countries to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elwatan.com\/actualite\/quand-l-arabie-saoudite-designe-les-representants-salafistes-algeriens-14-01-2018-360484_109.php\">promotion of a strand of Salafi ultra-conservatism that preaches absolute obedience to the ruler<\/a>, a corollary to [MbS]\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crackdown on critics and activists at home&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mideastsoccer.blogspot.com\/2019\/01\/saudi-arabia-and-wests-right-wing.html\">Saudi Arabia and the West\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Right Wing: A Dubious Alliance<\/a> (Mideast  Soccer)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She was killed when &#8220;an Israeli sniper [fired] into a crowd that included white-coated medics in plain view &#8230; [though] neither the medics nor anyone around them posed any apparent threat of violence to Israeli personnel&#8221;: A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident? 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