{"id":20110,"date":"2019-03-01T18:55:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T23:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20110"},"modified":"2019-03-02T00:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T05:32:00","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-1-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20110","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/1\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If a U.S. citizen joins a terrorist organization at war with the U.S., you would expect the government to prosecute her under U.S. jurisdiction. Not the Trump administration:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2019\/2\/26\/us_accused_of_trying_to_unconstitutionally?mc_cid=9296ac0b7b&amp;mc_eid=fe35b2c683\">U.S. Accused of Trying to Unconstitutionally Strip Citizenship of U.S.-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Democracy Now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although the author finds that Islamic &#8220;concepts or practices that express religious freedom &#8230; fall short of a full and broadly&#8221; respecting that right, the &#8220;Muslim world &#8230; contains the potential for far more&#8221; religious freedom:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2019\/02\/28\/seven-seeds-of-freedom-in-islam\">Seven Seeds of Freedom In Islam<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Poor job prospects &#8220;due to [his] past history&#8221; made finding him a job that allowed a beard &#8220;an undue pressure on public funds&#8221; so requiring he shave &#8220;is deemed to be an acceptable infringement of the religious freedom&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/news\/2019\/02\/dutch-court-rules-on-two-religious-freedom-cases-for-muslim-men\/\">Dutch Court Rules on Two Religious Freedom Cases for Muslim Men<\/a> (Jurist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Immigrants say that &#8220;officials at the detention center &#8220;ignored or denied&#8221; requests for &#8220;religiously compliant [meals], &#8230; to make their five daily prayers &#8230;, and to have access to &#8230; like prayer rugs and copies of the Quran&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/02\/27\/ice-detention-center-muslim-immigrants-glades\/\">Muslim Immigrants Sue ICE for Getting in the Way of Religious Observance<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The court ruled regarding &#8220;a claim of illegal surveillance at Orange County mosques that the government could not cite state secrets privilege in denying a class action lawsuit brought by the ACLU&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/Ninth-Circuit-Rules-On-OC-Muslim-Discrimination-Claims-506531951.html\">Ninth Circuit Rules on OC Muslim Discrimination Claims<\/a> (City News Service \/NBC Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China no longer limits its repression of Islam and Muslims to its own citizens:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/chinas-expanding-war-on-islam-now-theyre-coming-for-the-kazakhs\/2019\/03\/01\/16ebbe76-38ff-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html?utm_term=.dc41f66eeddf\">China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Expanding War on Islam: Now They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Coming for the Kazakhs<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;One staff member was physically injured during the morning&#8217;s confrontations, and another official resigned after being accused of making anti-Muslim comments&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/gop-s-anti-muslim-display-likening-rep-omar-terrorist-rocks-n978371\">GOP&#8217;s Anti-Muslim Display Likening Rep. Omar to a Terrorist Rocks W. Virginia Capitol<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our European allies are not engaged in a bluff on Iran, but in &#8220;what the game theorist and nuclear strategist Thomas Schelling calls a <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/the-skeptics\/natos-baltic-tripwire-forces-wont-stop-russia-17074\">tripwire<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/25\/trump-may-be-about-call-europes-bluff-iran-europe-isnt-bluffing\/?utm_term=.599f06d653ea\">Trump May Be About to Call Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bluff on Iran. Europe Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Bluffing<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Self-styled &#8220;private mossads&#8221; hound American citizens and seek to alter the outcomes of American elections &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/how-a-private-israeli-intelligence-firm-spied-on-pro-palestinian-activists-in-the-us\">How a Private Israeli Intelligence Firm Spied on Pro-Palestinian Activists in the U.S<\/a>. (New Yorker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Probe finds &#8216;reasonable grounds to believe&#8217; snipers intentionally shot at children, civilians during 2018 Gaza rallies&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/02\/israel-crimes-humanity-gaza-190228102451058.html\">UN: Possible Israel Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;men, women and children said nothing would keep them away from the holy site&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190301-banned-from-al-aqsa-palestinians-pray-at-lions-gate\/\">Banned from Al-Aqsa, Palestinians Pray at Lions Gate<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; To paraphrase Bob Dylan, &#8220;Like Pharaoh&#8217;s tribe it was drownded in the tide&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/452657-israel-wall-falls-palestinians\/\"> Nature Brings Part of Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Separation Wall Down as Palestinians Rejoice<\/a> (Russia Today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m comfortable covering my hair the same way you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re comfortable covering your tits. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not for me to say you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re oppressed by your top and your bra&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/female-muslim-comedians-europe-sadia-azmat\/\">Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Female Muslim Comedians Take the Mic<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a U.S. citizen joins a terrorist organization at war with the U.S., you would expect the government to prosecute her under U.S. jurisdiction. Not the Trump administration: U.S. Accused of Trying to Unconstitutionally Strip Citizenship of U.S.-Born Woman Who Joined ISIS\u00c2\u00a0(Democracy Now) Although the author finds that Islamic &#8220;concepts or practices that express religious [&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-20110","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\/20110","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=20110"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20130,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20110\/revisions\/20130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}