{"id":20249,"date":"2019-04-05T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20249"},"modified":"2019-04-05T10:27:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:27:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-5-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20249","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/5\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brunei is characterized by a lavish lifestyle for the sultan and &#8220;Shellfarism&#8221; for the masses &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/04\/world\/asia\/who-is-sultan-brunei.html\">The Sultan of Brunei: Opulence, Power and Hard-Line Islam<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; Gulf state welfarism stands in the way of &#8220;copying China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s model of economic growth while tightening political control&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/india\/economic-reform-in-the-gulf-who-benefits-really-6352591.html\">Economic Reform in the Gulf: Who Benefits, Really?<\/a> (First Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In what is now a region-wide phenomenon, moderation became a rhetorical tool to wield against opposition and consolidate state power&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/order-from-chaos\/2019\/04\/04\/moderate-islam-in-the-maghreb-how-u-s-foreign-policy-shapes-islamist-contention\/\">Moderate Islam in the Maghreb: How US Foreign Policy Shapes Islamist Contention<\/a> (Brookings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;American hackers who once worked for U.S. intelligence agencies helped the United Arab Emirates spy on &#8230; Arab media figures during&#8221; its 2017 confrontation with Qatar:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/usa-raven-media\/\\\">American Hackers Helped UAE Spy on Al Jazeera Chairman, BBC Host<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Twelve years ago she would have banned the niqab, but after seeing how &#8220;debates on how Muslim women dress or don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t dress really excite racists and Islamophobes &#8230; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not on either side. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s side&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/mona-eltahawy-hijab-muslim-women_n_5ca51060e4b0409b0ec31548\">Egyptian Activist: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUnless You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re A Muslim Woman, Shut [Expletive Deleted] Up And Listen To Muslim Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran declined to comment. Iran has said the site is a carpet-cleaning facility. Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Foreign Ministry declined to comment&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-nuclear-inspection-exclusive\/exclusive-un-nuclear-watchdog-inspects-iran-warehouse-netanyahu-pointed-to-sources-idUSKCN1RG2B9\">Exclusive: U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Inspects Iran &#8216;Warehouse&#8217; Netanyahu Pointed to &#8211; Sources<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand has gotten high marks in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre, but racism and threats that have forced organizers to drop a Muslim prayer for security reasons are cause for &#8220;disgust&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/one-news\/new-zealand\/muslim-prayer-dropped-porirua-anzac-day-service-after-threats\">Muslim Prayer Dropped from Porirua Anzac Day Service After Threats<\/a> (TVNZ)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>An Iranian company is proposing a blockchain solution to Iran&#8217;s (and the world&#8217;s) traffic congestion problems but needs to register the ICO in another country &#8220;because such offerings are  currently illegal in Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2019\/04\/iran-startup-blockchain-locon-traffic-congestion-tehran.html\">How This Blockchain Startup Could Help People Transform Traffic in Iran<\/a> (Al-Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival includes the documentary that follows the then professor at a Christian university, during a &#8220;firestorm that ensued following her social media  post stating that Muslims and Christians worship the same God&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/radiomilwaukee.org\/story\/film\/milwaukee-muslim-film-festival-2019-sceenings\/\">Here&#8217;s the Lineup of Screenings for the 2019 Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival<\/a> (radiomilwaukee.org)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brunei is characterized by a lavish lifestyle for the sultan and &#8220;Shellfarism&#8221; for the masses &#8230; The Sultan of Brunei: Opulence, Power and Hard-Line Islam (NY Times) &#8230; Gulf state welfarism stands in the way of &#8220;copying China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s model of economic growth while tightening political control&#8221;: Economic Reform in the Gulf: Who Benefits, Really? 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