{"id":20079,"date":"2019-02-21T17:08:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T22:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20079"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:08:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T22:08:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-2-21-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20079","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/21\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A database &#8220;tracking the movements of more than 2.5 million people in a region  where authorities have waged a crackdown on Muslim minorities &#8230; was left unprotected for months&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/china-uighur-muslim-crackdown-xinjiang-surveillance-tracking-sensenets-a8786076.html\">Chinese &#8216;Muslim Tracker&#8217; Surveillance System Monitoring Movements of 2.5m People in Xinjiang<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while in the U.S. &#8220;a federal official recently acknowledged  in a court filing that more than 1,400 private entities received access to&#8221; a terror watch list that &#8220;the government had insisted that it did not generally share&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettenet.com\/Muslim-group-seeks-congressional-probe-on-terror-watchlist-23635576\">Muslim Group Seeks Congressional Probe on Terror Watchlist<\/a> (Daily Hampshire Gazette)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A US court of appeals has resuscitated a civil damages lawsuit by a group of Palestinians claiming support for genocide against tycoon Sheldon Adelson, &#8230; Elliot Abrams, &#8230; and a range of banks&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Diaspora\/Palestinians-resuscitate-civil-damage-case-against-Adelson-in-US-court-581207\">Court Resuscitates Palestinians&#8217; Genocide Case Against Adelson in U.S.<\/a> (Jerusalem Post) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;Muslim female narratives are often co-opted by everyone who isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a  Muslim &#8211; rarely will you hear authentically, or in an unfiltered way  from Muslim women, and it is really unfair&#8221;  &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-muslim-women-book\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-muslim-woman-new-book-presents-18-views-idUSKCN1Q92XP\">What Does It Mean to Be a Muslim Woman? New Book Presents 18 Views<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Whenever Islam takes centre stage in national conversations, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always the views and opinions of Muslim people \u00e2\u20ac\u201c women in particular \u00e2\u20ac\u201c who are considered last or not even entertained at all&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/shamima-begum-british-citizenship-stateless-muslim-women-islamophobia-a8788051.html\">Listen to Muslim Women About Shamima Begum \u00e2\u20ac\u201c They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Who Sajid Javid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Decision Will Hurt the Most<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; so pay attention to the exception, as Anila Baig explains &#8220;that in the Koran there are strict rules about warfare. You are not even  allowed to harm a tree, so targeting children at a pop concert is  completely unthinkable&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/8473840\/anila-baig-nothing-shamima-believes-is-to-do-with-being-muslim\/\">Nothing Shamima Believes in Has ANYTHING to Do with Being Muslim \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the Community Is Revulsed<\/a> (The Sun)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Members of the Trump administration have been providing support to a political sect that &#8230; [f]ormer members say it subjected followers to torture and psychological terror&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/people-s-mujahedin-and-its-quiet-war-against-iran-a-1253507.html\">The Cult-Like Group Fighting Iran<\/a> (Spiegel)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Can it really be in the United States\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rational policy interest to try to get Iran to resume all of the nuclear activities that are prohibited by the agreement?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/02\/20\/sorry-mike-pence-last-thing-europe-needs-is-confrontation-with-iran\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.b1831618383c\">Sorry, Mike Pence. The Last Thing Europe Needs Is Confrontation with Iran<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not just a basketball game for you guys; this is real life. You&#8217;re doing something super important. I don&#8217;t think you  realize you&#8217;re changing the opinions of people who have never seen a  Muslim person before&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.messenger-inquirer.com\/features\/religion_and_values\/in-milwaukee-a-muslim-girls-basketball-team-courts-a-broader\/article_805c3302-3618-11e9-999a-cf9cb9843a63.html\">In Milwaukee, a Muslim Girls&#8217; Basketball Team Courts a Broader Understanding<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[T]he community is politically diverse, with conservatives &#8230; and liberals&#8230;. 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