{"id":19911,"date":"2019-01-05T07:43:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T12:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19911"},"modified":"2019-01-05T07:43:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T12:43:24","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-5-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19911","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/5\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The American Muslim community is definitely one of the most diverse, if not the most diverse, religious community in America,&#8221; commented a former U.S. envoy to the OIC, adding, &#8220;This is America&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2019\/01\/03\/americas-first-two-muslim-congresswomen-are-sworn-surrounded-by-women-they-inspired\/?utm_term=.6398749eca9f\">The Nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s First Two Muslim Congresswomen re Sworn In, Surrounded by the Women They Inspired<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but instead of being sworn in on an English translation written for Christian missionaries, Tlaib decided to use her own Qur&#8217;an:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/01\/03\/rashida-tlaib-koran-muslim-congresswoman\/2473004002\/\">Detroit Congresswoman Uses Koran for Swearing-in Ceremony<\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LUhbZdvtzcw\">The only thing [MbS is] modernizing is Saudi dictatorship<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; Hassan Minhaj<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2019\/01\/01\/hasan-minhaj-criticized-saudi-crown-prince-patriot-act-netflix-pulled-episode-saudi-arabia\/?utm_term=.cf8068d7a048\">Hasan Minhaj Speaks Out After Netflix Pulls an episode of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPatriot Act&#8217; in Saudi Arabia<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I do see my experience as guiding my work till this day and I hold onto a verse of the Qur&#8217;an in which one simple sentence is repeated twice within six verses of one chapter: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcVerily with hardship comes ease'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/2019-01-04\/muslim-women-chart-their-own-path-metoo-era\">Muslim Women Chart Their Own Path in #MeToo Era<\/a> (PRI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[L]argely well received,&#8221; is this &#8220;exploration of the complex, multifaceted world of Muslim fashion &#8230; a turning point in mainstream America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appreciation of the interplay between faith, feminism, and identity?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnews.com\/2019\/01\/04\/conversation-piece-de-young-san-francisco-celebrates-contemporary-muslim-fashions\/\">Conversation Piece: San Francisco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s de Young Museum Celebrates \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcContemporary Muslim Fashions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Art News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Delegation organizer dismisses charges that positive comments about Islam mask a pro-Israeli agenda: &#8220;The question is not what&#8217;s going to happen in the end of days &#8230; [but] what is what&#8217;s going to happen tomorrow&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/01\/02\/681200155\/evangelicals-seek-detente-with-mideast-muslim-leaders-as-critics-doubt-motives\">Evangelicals Seek Detente With Mideast Muslim Leaders As Critics Doubt Motives<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After feeling &#8220;lumps in her breasts, pain in her neck, as well as numbness in her arms and legs&#8221; her husband &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2019\/jan\/03\/zaghari-ratcliffe-to-go-on-hunger-strike-in-iranian-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Guardian<\/a> that medical treatment had been blocked, and a visit from an outside psychiatrist banned&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/01\/04\/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-to-go-on-hunger-strike-in-iran-jail\">Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Go on Hunger Strike in Iran Jail<\/a> (Euronews)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before MPAC, &#8220;When they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re showing Muslims praying, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re showing them praying incorrectly, when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re quoting the Qur&#8217;an, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no passage in the Qur&#8217;an that actually says that&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2019\/01\/muslim-tv-characters-netflix-nbc-freeform-starz-1202031900\/\">The Best Muslim Characters on TV Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Happen by Accident<\/a> (IndieWire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;Boeing 737s has been stuck in Iran for three weeks after an unscheduled landing because of engine problems, as U.S. restrictions reportedly create headaches for the airline and possibly passengers&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/us-travel-restriction-aircraft-stuck-iran-norwegian-air-shuttle-11087110\">Aircraft Stuck in Iran Creates Headache for Norwegian Air Shuttle<\/a><br \/>\n(AFP \/ Channel News Asia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">&#8220;M<\/span>any Iranians continue to access the services despite the bans, circumventing the technical blocks by routing traffic through an overseas internet address&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2019\/01\/02\/iran-bans-instagram-president-has-2-million-followers\/\">Iran Bans Instagram &#8211; 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