{"id":20017,"date":"2019-02-04T12:35:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20017"},"modified":"2019-02-04T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:35:52","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-4-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20017","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/4\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Iran hopes to develop and implement the free  circulation of fiat-backed crypto, which could be used by ordinary  citizens and banks in financial operations&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ethereumworldnews.com\/iran-launches-gold-backed-stablecoin-amidst-us-sanctions\/\">Iran Launches Gold-Backed Stablecoin Amidst US Sanctions<\/a> (Ethereum World News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Omar, &#8220;one of only two members of Congress to openly support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, serves as a member of the House of Representatives\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Foreign Affairs Committee&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/democratic-congresswoman-ilhan-omar-compares-israel-to-iran-1.6896587\">Ilhan Omar Says U.S. Should Call Out Israel Like Iran, &#8216;Chuckles&#8217; When Israel &#8216;Upheld as a Democracy&#8217;<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Leaders said the group is self-funded and used donations to purchase the  cars and navy blue uniforms for its members, many of whom are involved  with the Muslim Community Centre in Sunset Park&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/muslim-patrol-group-community-new-york-police-far-right-conspiracy-a8762056.html\">Muslim Patrol Group in New York Faces Backlash Including Far-right Conspiracy Theories<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerns over the return to power of a supporter of the MEK terrorists, a supporter of &#8220;enhanced interrogation,&#8221; and a man &#8220;convicted of lying to Congress over &#8220;illegal financing of Nicaragua\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Contra rebels&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordmonitor.com\/America-Iran-Venezuela-be-very-afraid-23193694\">Robert Azzi: America, Iran, Venezuela: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid<\/a> (Concord Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong central government, exclusion of Muslims and Christians from an otherwise broad definition of &#8220;Hindu,&#8221; protection of cows contribute to the  disadvantage of religious minorities and outcasts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/opinion\/the-hindu-republic-seven-decades-of-muslim-exclusion-in-india-23794\">The Hindu Republic: Seven Decades of Muslim Exclusion in India <\/a>(TRT World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Populations of Muslim majority countries have a more favorable view of Christianity than the population of Christian majority countries have of Islam:<br \/><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/feb\/03\/people-in-christian-majority-countries-values-clash-islam-poll\">Many People in Mostly Christian Countries Believe Values Clash with Islam \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Poll<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>The Iraqi president &#8220;said on Monday that the US &#8230; should stick to fighting terrorism and not pursue other agendas&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-47118889\">Iraq Angered by Trump Idea to Watch Iran from US Base<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The OIC called Israel&#8217;s &#8220;decision to suspend operations of an international observer force in the city of Hebron, after 20 years &#8230; a blatant violation of the Geneva Conventions and the international law&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1446586\/saudi-arabia\">Organization of Islamic Cooperation Urges World to Ensure Safety of Palestinians<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Iran hopes to develop and implement the free circulation of fiat-backed crypto, which could be used by ordinary citizens and banks in financial operations&#8221;: Iran Launches Gold-Backed Stablecoin Amidst US Sanctions (Ethereum World News) Omar, &#8220;one of only two members of Congress to openly support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, serves as a member [&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-20017","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\/20017","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=20017"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20028,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20017\/revisions\/20028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}