{"id":20046,"date":"2019-02-13T05:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T10:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20046"},"modified":"2019-02-13T05:59:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T10:59:41","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-13-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20046","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/13\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Although the Trump v. Hawaii decision was a setback, the Supreme Court did not settle the question of whether the ban violates the Establishment Clause in that decision&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2019\/02\/new-muslim-ban-case-supreme-court-first-amendment-violations.html\">A New Muslim Ban Challenge Seeks to Answer the Questions the Supreme Court Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Settle<\/a> (Slate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[C]ontributions from AIPAC members [have] often constituted roughly ten to fifteen per cent of a typical congressional campaign budget,&#8221; but there was no stopping the &#8220;cascade of charges that Omar is anti-Semitic&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theslot.jezebel.com\/ilhan-omar-and-the-shifting-democratic-winds-on-israel-1832202227\">Ilhan Omar and the Shifting Democratic Winds on Israel and Palestine<\/a> (The Slot)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the &#8220;critic who provoked &#8230; [Omar&#8217;s] tweet &#8230; ironically charged that Michael Bloomberg, George Soros and Tom Steyer, prominent wealthy Jewish-Americans, were trying to &#8216;buy&#8217; the election&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2019\/02\/senate-amendment-boycott.html\">Senate Guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Bring Up AIPAC<\/a> (Informed Comment \/ Juan Cole)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From Christians and Muslims, from liberals and conservatives, comes widespread horror at the Supreme Court decision to prefer the convenience of executioners over freedom of religion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/anniston-gadsden\/2019\/02\/alabamas-execution-of-muslim-inmate-angers-those-on-right-and-left.html\">Alabama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Execution of Muslim Inmate Angers Those on Right and Left<\/a> (al.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) provided hotel rooms for all 28 residents of Tent City 4, an encampment in Issaquah&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/2019\/02\/muslim-group-buys-hotel-rooms-28-homeless-people-during-snowstorm\">Muslim Group Buys Hotel Rooms for 28 Homeless People During Snowstorm<\/a> (Crosscut)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2L6yHQo\">Islam for the Politically Incorrect<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0argues that\u00c2\u00a0Joram van Klaveren&#8217;s conversion to Islam less like a vegan becoming a carnivore and more like &#8220;a committed soda drinker switching from <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2018\/04\/26\/coke-and-pepsi-cola-wars-marketing\/\">Coca Cola to Pepsi<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2019\/02\/11\/far-right-politician-converted-islam-its-not-surprising-it-sounds\/?utm_term=.187589b5c752\">A Far-right Politician Converted to Islam. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Not as Surprising as It Sounds<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Palestinian and an Israeli advocate &#8220;a shared struggle against powerful institutions and systems of violence&#8221; instead of a coexistence between &#8220;white saviors&#8221; and their &#8220;black\/brown victims&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/972mag.com\/coresistance-activism-israel-palestine\/140095\/\">Forget About Dialogue Groups, It&#8217;s Time to Switch to Co-resistance<\/a> (972)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Muslim women have always interpreted the call for modest clothing in diverse ways, with styles that allows for personal creativity and social commentary&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/contemporary-muslim-fashions-1328500\">How Muslim Women Are Taking Fashion to the Next Level<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The photographer says her &#8220;picture was for her people and not for &#8216;men in Washington'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/02\/13\/trump-hurt-me-and-my-family-then-he-stole-my-photo-to-blame-iran\">&#8216;Trump Hurt Me and My Family, then He Stole My Photo to Blame Iran&#8217;<\/a> (Euronews)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Although the Trump v. 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