{"id":20179,"date":"2019-03-20T06:47:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T11:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20179"},"modified":"2019-03-21T10:56:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:56:52","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-20-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20179","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/20\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When minority identity politics overreaches, it lamentably forces Christians to bake cakes for gays. When a majority united by ethno-nationalistic passions does so, mass violence &#8230; isn&#8217;t off-limits&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/archives\/2019\/03\/17\/why-the-rights-identity-politics-is-more\/\">The Right&#8217;s Identity Politics Is More Dangerous Than the Left&#8217;s<\/a> (Reason)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Until Australian media and politicians realize their role in what led to the Christchurch tragedy, they will continue to &#8220;<span style=\"font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; color: #121212;\">kill the deceased and march in his funeral procession&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2019\/mar\/18\/white-entitlement-is-part-of-the-very-structure-of-australian-society\">White Entitlement Is Part of the Very Structure of Australian Society<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erdogan responds to white nationalism with Turkish nationalism, &#8220;we have been here for 1,000 years and God willing we will be until doomsday. You will not be able to make Istanbul Constantinople&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mideastsoccer.blogspot.com\/2019\/03\/the-battle-for-leadership-of-muslim.html\">The Battle for Leadership of the Muslim World: Turkey Plants Its Flag in Christchurch<\/a> (Mideast Soccer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike Spike Lee&#8217;s BlackKKlansman, who sought to expose the KKK, this &#8220;35-year-old black man \u00e2\u20ac\u201c had called the Ku Klux Klan over and over again because&#8221; he shares their hatred of Islam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/odd-fbi-case-highlights-impact-anti-muslim-bias\/story?id=61761006\">An &#8216;Odd&#8217; FBI Case Highlights the Impact of Anti-Muslim Bias in US<\/a> (abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Delayed entry to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newshub.co.nz\/home\/new-zealand\/2019\/03\/christchurch-terror-attack-the-identities-of-the-victims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bury victims<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0due to remarks he denies making about gays, he is on ISIS&#8217; hit list for opposing &#8220;violence in the name of Islam, and urges people to follow the laws of the country they live in&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newshub.co.nz\/home\/world\/2019\/03\/australian-muslim-cleric-refused-entry-to-new-zealand-after-christchurch-terror-attack.html\">Australian Muslim Cleric Refused Entry to New Zealand After Christchurch Terror Attack<\/a> (Newshub)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Oyub Titiev, 61, had worked for years investigating allegations of abuse ranging from torture to murder under the increasingly autocratic rule of the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/18\/world\/europe\/chechnya-memorial-sentence.html\">Muslim Rights Activist Sentenced to 4 Years in Russia on Disputed Drug Charge<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he French state wants to regulate and confine the Muslim presence &#8211; in particular, the visibility of Muslim women &#8211; through legal mean<strong>s&#8221; &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/frances-attack-muslim-women-must-stop\">France\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Attack on Muslim Women Must Stop<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and although &#8220;there is still no indication by the Australian government that anyone of a Muslim or migrant background is welcome or safe in this country,&#8221; one Aussie Muslim woman declares, &#8220;This time I am done hiding&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2019\/mar\/20\/i-am-done-shapeshifting-into-a-form-of-muslim-palatable-for-people-i-dont-know\">I Am Done Shapeshifting into a Form of Muslim Palatable for People I Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Know<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Malay parties in Pakatan Harapan have to pander to the conservatives by regressing to religio-racial supremacy in order to maintain a foothold in the Malay vote bank, especially in view of &#8230; [recent] crushing defeats&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/politics\/article\/3002487\/malaysias-crackdown-insulting-islam-divine-inspiration-pakatan\">Malaysia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Crackdown on Insulting Islam: Divine Inspiration from Pakatan Harapan?<\/a> (SCMP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His plan to designate the IRG &#8220;as a foreign terrorist organization &#8230; would be the first time the United States designated a unit of another government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s military as a terrorist group.&#8221; Is sauce for the IRG sauce for the IDF?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/20\/us\/politics\/mike-pompeo-iran.html\">On Politics: Pompeo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Iran Plan Deepens Tensions<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When minority identity politics overreaches, it lamentably forces Christians to bake cakes for gays. 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