{"id":20338,"date":"2019-04-24T05:05:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T10:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20338"},"modified":"2019-04-24T05:05:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T10:05:35","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-25-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20338","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/25\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Sri Lanka&#8217;s Muslim civil society movements and associations have called  upon authorities to immediately arrest and punish the perpetrators of  Sunday Easter bombings that killed more than 350 people&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/the-latest-fbi-assisting-in-sri-lanka-bomb-investigation\/18344292\/\">The Latest: Sri Lanka Muslim Groups Denounce Attackers<\/a> (WRAL)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and the leader of the group accused of the massacre was the subject of complaints &#8220;to authorities &#8230; since 2017&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20190423-two-muslim-brothers-were-sri-lanka-hotel-suicide-bombers-sources\">Two Muslim Brothers Were Sri Lanka Hotel Suicide Bombers: Sources<\/a> (France 24)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Against &#8220;the backdrop of an attempt to minimize the role of civil society organizations, Austrian Muslim organizations seem to function as a playground for implementing more authoritarian policies&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/analysis\/austria-s-ban-on-muslim-brotherhood-symbols-has-further-aims-\/1461284\">Austria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ban on Muslim Brotherhood Symbols Has Further Aims<\/a> (Andolou Agency)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Harsh policies towards Iran give &#8220;all those <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001FxheelUtRbow82Bqr2xFBbyybuWmvN9TTYVGv-um-uhDmiFf2xXGzLc4o1HSCstiAmJC_2wapEu5NegvRuuLuIJ52HeFJ9RdqyDuuX9ZeLU4B5jPBN4kfZSN1e0Ffs1bv_Ejx7Z7ApzZG_DTV4wJZLiGc9xyz8Nqwk-OyTmE_HjfDkYp4fTBV4a3IZf9I2KljJAHlKGDIdE=&amp;c=0gxX8i9v5B1zwHsfgjkj0ZC5jl4pioURjHzYOCCasXcP3ILjaGFK9g==&amp;ch=Z2YrNboOp8tlmexrbvDofHRl0n1suyU6SWCURbTnJqVc39G3SnShMw==\" target=\"_blank\">factions and centers of power<\/a> who would normally want to rein in the Corps\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disproportionate amount of influence &#8230; no choice but to strengthen it&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgpolicy.org\/articles\/inducing-behavioral-change-in-the-islamic-republic-of-iran\/\">Inducing Behavioral Change in the Islamic Republic of Iran<\/a> (Center for Global Policy)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while an expert calls a policy which lost a war in Syria and expended blood and treasure to strengthen Iran&#8217;s position in Iraq, and leaving our only reliable regional ally &#8220;an authoritarian, brutal state under a boy-king&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/trumps-latest-iran-sanctions-show-an-unraveling-of-us-foreign-policy\">Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Latest Iran Sanctions Show an Unraveling of US Foreign Policy<\/a> (The Real News Network)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Implicit in Ramy and Nour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interaction is the idea that Ramy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s  reservations are not tied to a commitment to celibacy, but rather to his  idea that sexual liberation (and impropriety) is reserved only for  white women&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2019\/04\/hulus-ramy-misses-mark-muslim-women\/587722\/\">What Ramy Gets Wrong About Muslim Women<\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli officials foresee a scenario in which they are the foreign country is &#8220;dragged into&#8221; interfering in America&#8217;s next &#8220;presidential contest if Iran deal becomes a major  issue&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/.premium-2020-democrats-promise-to-re-enter-the-iran-deal-and-israel-is-concerned-1.7157623\">2020 Democrats Promise to Re-enter the Iran Deal, and Israel Is Concerned<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He fled violence in Iraq only to be taunted as a terrorist in the U.S.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/federal-agency-investigated-san-diego-unified-over-anti-muslim-bullying-incident\/\">Federal Agency Investigated San Diego Unified Over Anti-Muslim Bullying Incident<\/a> (Voice of San Diego)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This government for the first time in Pakistan&#8217;s [history] is dismantling any militant group in our country&#8221; &#8212; Imran Khan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/04\/pakistan-iran-form-rapid-reaction-force-border-area-190422122458501.html\">Pakistan and Iran to Form Rapid Reaction Force Along Border Area<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An &#8220;autobiographical manuscript has been  translated from its original Arabic and housed at the Library of  Congress, where it &#8216;annihilates&#8217; the conventional narrative of African  slaves as uneducated and uncultured&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/how-the-autobiography-of-a-muslim-slave-is-challenging-an-american-narrative\">How the Autobiography of a Muslim Slave Is Challenging an American Narrative<\/a> (PBS)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Palestinians did and still are. 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Everyone knows  this, but it is the subject of widespread denial&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2019\/04\/palestinians-built-israel-labor-construction\">Palestinians Built Israel<\/a> (Jacobin)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sri Lanka&#8217;s Muslim civil society movements and associations have called upon authorities to immediately arrest and punish the perpetrators of Sunday Easter bombings that killed more than 350 people&#8221; &#8230; The Latest: Sri Lanka Muslim Groups Denounce Attackers (WRAL) &#8230; and the leader of the group accused of the massacre was the subject of complaints [&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-20338","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\/20338","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=20338"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20347,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20338\/revisions\/20347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}