{"id":20131,"date":"2019-03-04T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20131"},"modified":"2019-03-04T13:23:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:23:18","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-4-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20131","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/4\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;The increased contacts between the evangelical community and the Arab  world could certainly contribute to changes in how Arab countries  conduct their ties with Israel&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/.premium-why-muslim-and-arab-countries-are-working-so-hard-to-win-over-u-s-evangelicals-1.6983450\">Why Muslim and Arab Countries Are Working So Hard to Win Over U.S. Evangelicals<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Calculating  that both the public and many in the political elite would rally behind  him, his wager compelled key Iranian leaders to renew their confidence  in him&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/03\/03\/opinions\/iran-foreign-minister-zarif-political-gamble-parsi\/index.html\">Foreign Minister Zarif&#8217;s Risky Gamble Wins the Iran Deal More Time<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  In Zarif\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s view, the [ anti-terrorism financing] law is essential to help the European Union develop  a way of getting around American sanctions. But opponents of the law &#8230; bogged the legislation  down &#8230; committee&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/iran\/.premium-the-plot-against-zarif-and-how-iran-s-hardliners-failed-1.6983634\">The Plot Against Zarif \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and How Iran&#8217;s Hardliners Failed<\/a> (Haaretz)                                                      <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Two supporters of Israel warn that the failure of Kushner&#8217;s plan for the Palestinians to exchange core values such as right of return for economic incentives will come&#8221;with a cost&#8221; to Israel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/trump-ultimate-deal-faces-ultimate-failure-190303130838617.html\">Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Ultimate Deal&#8217; Faces Ultimate Failure<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For first time since 2014, some 800 Palestinians are permitted to leave for Umrah pilgrimage via the Rafah crossing&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/03\/egypt-mecca-bound-palestinians-exit-besieged-gaza-strip-190303164229911.html\">Egypt Allows Mecca-bound Palestinians to Exit Besieged Gaza Strip<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Noting that in the Qur&#8217;an, &#8220;monogamy was the rule and polygamy a restricted exception,&#8221; Egypt&#8217;s grand mufti argued that the practice is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153often an injustice to women and children&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2019\/03\/03\/egypts-top-muslim-cleric-labels-polygamy-injustice-women\/\">Egypt&#8217;s Top Muslim Cleric Brands Polygamy an &#8220;Injustice&#8221; for Women<\/a> (Telegraph)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More than a response to &#8220;heightened anxiety &#8230; and fears of a growing tide of hate crime&#8221; Muslims believe that &#8220;there are certain cases where we feel if we had been around we could have served as a preventive service\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/the-americas\/new-york-muslim-community-patrol-to-promote-unity-and-understanding-1.832769\">New York Muslim Community Patrol to Promote Unity and Understanding<\/a> (The National)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have allowed national level politics to become a cancer on our  state, to become a cancer on our legislature, to invade our chamber in a  way that frankly makes me ashamed&#8221; &#8212; WV Republican House Speaker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/world\/the-americas\/ilhan-omar-condemns-anti-muslim-poster-linking-her-to-9-11-attacks-1.833063\">Ilhan Omar Condemns &#8216;anti-Muslim&#8217; Poster Linking Her to 9\/11 Attacks<\/a> (The National)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The increased contacts between the evangelical community and the Arab world could certainly contribute to changes in how Arab countries conduct their ties with Israel&#8221;: Why Muslim and Arab Countries Are Working So Hard to Win Over U.S. Evangelicals (Haaretz) &#8220;Calculating that both the public and many in the political elite would rally behind him, [&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-20131","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\/20131","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=20131"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20137,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131\/revisions\/20137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}