{"id":19957,"date":"2019-01-19T14:24:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T19:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19957"},"modified":"2019-01-19T14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T19:24:55","slug":"news-an-analysis-1-19-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=19957","title":{"rendered":"News an Analysis (1\/19\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Texas Congressman who has no problem with <em>de rigueur<\/em> junkets to Israel pulls out the stops to prevent his colleagues from meeting the victims of the apartheid state &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganradio.org\/post\/tlaib-trip-palestine-draws-fire-texas-congressman\">Tlaib Trip to Palestine Draws Fire from Texas Congressman<\/a> (Michigan Radio)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lest they lose sleep at night about giving billions of dollars to Israel after witnessing racist practices such as this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-israeli-hospital-forces-palestinians-off-bus-passing-through-its-grounds-1.6851263\">Hospital Forces Palestinians Off Bus Passing Through Its Grounds, Separating Them From Israelis<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Justice Dept. says Hashimi has been arrested as material witness, but Iran claims she has been &#8220;treated disrespectfully by American authorities, who reportedly removed her headwear and fed her pork&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/legal-issues\/government-confirms-it-is-holding-jailed-journalist-from-iran-as-witness\/2019\/01\/18\/578d3018-1b59-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html?utm_term=.48fe3855317e\">Government Confirms It Has Detained as a Witness a Journalist Who Works in Iran<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and PEN America has asked &#8220;whether she is being targeted either for her documentary work about  Black Lives Matter or as a retaliatory action in response to the Iranian  government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s detention of American citizens&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/press-release\/fbi-arrest-us-citizen-newscaster-requires-immediate-explanation\/\">FBI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Arrest of US Citizen and Iranian State Television Newscaster Requires Immediate Explanation<\/a> (PEN America)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If the report&#8217;s release was delayed for two years out of  fear we might actually learn from history &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/01\/18\/armys-long-awaited-iraq-war-study-finds-iran-was-the-only-winner-in-a-conflict-that-holds-many-lessons-for-future-wars\/\">Army\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Long-awaited Iraq War Study Finds Iran Was the Only Winner in a Conflict that Holds Many Lessons for Future Wars<\/a>  (Army Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; such a fear was unjustified in the case of John Bolton: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-iran-nuclear-deal-seeks-to-split-eu-as-fight-intensifies\/\">Zarif Mocks Bolton with \u00e2\u20ac\u212210-year Challenge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 on Iran Strike Threat<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each hadith in this collection reminds us &#8220;that for nearly every accepted fact of Islam, there exists another element within the expansive Islamic tradition that competes with, complicates or questions it&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/01\/18\/michael-muhammad-knight-wants-to-introduce-you-to-islams-prophet-40-times\/\">Michael Muhammad Knight Wants to Introduce You to Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Prophet \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 40 Times<\/a> (RNS)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;[W]icked men&#8217; invaded his West African village, murdering many and absconding with others&#8221; to South Carolina, where they sold him to a &#8220;weak and wicked man&#8230;, a complete infidel who had no fear of God at all&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/17\/us\/muslim-slave-autobiography-library-congress\/index.html\">Autobiography from 1831 Provides Rare, Firsthand Account of a Muslim Slave in America<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the U.S. hopes the conference can leverage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-nuclear-eu-insight\/europes-patience-with-iran-wears-thin-tiptoes-toward-trump-idUSKCN1PC2AE\">European unease with Iran&#8217;s ballistic missal program<\/a>, &#8220;given that  threats and pressure haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t persuaded Iran&#8221; to negotiate bilaterally: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/.premium-at-anti-iran-conference-trump-will-try-to-form-an-arab-nato-and-likely-fail-1.6851400\">At Anti-Iran Conference, Trump Will Try to Form an &#8216;Arab NATO&#8217; 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