{"id":20153,"date":"2019-03-14T16:39:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T21:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20153"},"modified":"2019-03-14T16:39:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T21:39:06","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-14-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20153","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/14\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Pirro doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know the constitution, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know American history,  doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know her own tradition of Catholicism, and doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the  slightest idea about Islam&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2019\/03\/americas-history-hysteria.html\">America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Long History of Hysteria about Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar<\/a> (juancole.com)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is 100 percent the same thing as making children take their test on Christmas or Easter. It would never happen&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/crosscut.com\/2019\/03\/seattle-schools-face-backlash-advising-muslim-students-eat-during-ramadan\">Seattle Schools Face Backlash for Advising Muslim Students to Eat During Ramadan<\/a> (Crosscut)<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrest of Serikzhan Bilash by Kazakh police for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153inciting ethnic hatred &#8230;  has raised questions about China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s efforts to silence critics of its policies in Xinjiang&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/13\/world\/asia\/china-kazakh-activist-camps-xinjiang-muslims.html\">Critic Who Exposed China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Camps is Detained, Even Across the Border<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The senior noncommissioned officer believed that Valdovinos, 26, who has  an approved exemption from her brigade commander to wear a hijab in  uniform, was wearing her hair out of regulations underneath it&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/03\/12\/a-muslim-soldier-says-her-command-sergeant-major-forced-her-to-remove-her-hijab\/\">A Muslim Soldier Says Her Command Sergeant Major Forced Her to Remove Her Hijab<\/a> (Army Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is the harshest sentence Amnesty International has documented  against a human rights defender in Iran in recent years, suggesting that  the authorities &#8230; are stepping up their repression&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2019\/03\/iran-shocking-33-year-prison-term-and-148-lashes-for-womens-rights-defender-nasrin-sotoudeh\/\">Iran: Shocking 33-year Prison Term and 148 Lashes for Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rights Defender Nasrin Sotoudeh<\/a> (Amnesty International)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;   national security laws &#8220;are so vague that any peaceful exercise of the  right to freedom of expression can also be interpreted by the Iranian  authorities to repress those who criticize them&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/fearful-but-persistent-freedom-of-expression-in-iran\/a-47911593\">Fearful but Persistent: Freedom of Expression in Iran <\/a>(Deutsche Welle)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;proposed transfer of U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia has raised concerns in Tehran&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-politics-nuclear\/iran-threatens-defense-overhaul-to-counter-suspicious-nuclear-projects-idUSKBN1QU0UZ\">Iran Threatens Defense Overhaul to Counter &#8220;Suspicious Nuclear Projects&#8221;<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Rouhani\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s meeting with Sistani and the generally positive reception the  Iranian leader received in Iraq is a reminder of the limits of the  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153zero-sum prism that [the United States] views much of its regional  rivalry with Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/by-granting-rare-audience-iraqs-grand-ayatollah-sends-message-to-washington-and-tehran\/2019\/03\/13\/9a624870-4506-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html?utm_term=.a9f0d3932c44\">By Granting Rare Audience, Iraq\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Grand Ayatollah Sends Message to Washington and Tehran<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Palestinians in the West Bank live under a system that was supposed to last just five years &#8230; [but]  Israel dug in by building an extensive network of roads, military bases, settlements and quarries&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/mar\/13\/one-state-solution-gains-ground-as-palestinians-battle-for-equal-rights\">One-state Solution Gains Ground as Palestinians Battle for Equal Rights<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Pirro doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know the constitution, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know American history, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know her own tradition of Catholicism, and doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the slightest idea about Islam&#8221;: America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Long History of Hysteria about Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Veils: Jeanine Pirro and Ilhan Omar (juancole.com) &#8220;This is 100 percent the same thing as making children take their test on Christmas or Easter. 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