{"id":20376,"date":"2019-05-06T04:25:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20376"},"modified":"2019-05-06T04:29:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T09:29:21","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-6-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20376","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/6\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Committed to a policy of bellow loudly and carry a big stick, Bolton brings war with a Iran a step closer &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/navy-strike-group-deployed-to-send-message-to-iran\/\">US Deploys Navy Strike Group to Send \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcMessage\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to Iran<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;&#8216;pushing the U.S. toward disaster&#8217; in spite of the Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s campaign promise not to get involved in expensive foreign wars&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/can-we-stop-slow-slide-us-iran-war-55727\">Can We Stop the Slow Slide to a U.S.-Iran War?<\/a> (National Interest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cuba and Iran in the 1950s, Syria, Libya and Iraq more recently, when will the U.S. ever learn?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-na-pol-trump-iran-sanctions-20190505-story.html\">Sanctions on Iran Are Biting, but the Goal Is Elusive<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alejandro Beutel&#8217;s analysis unveils the techniques by which white nationalists shift the window of acceptable conversation to permit open antisemitism and Islamophobia and recruit young people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.start.umd.edu\/news\/new-zealand-terrorists-manifesto-look-some-key-narratives-beliefs-and-tropes\">The New Zealand Terrorist&#8217;s Manifesto: A Look at Some of the Key Narratives, Beliefs and Tropes<\/a> (START)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The judge found that &#8220;[w]hile the violation of [JamilAl-Amin&#8217;s] right not to testify was &#8216;serious and repeated,&#8217; &#8230; she was constrained by the &#8216;onerous standards&#8217; imposed by the law and Supreme Court case law&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/religion\/ex-black-militant-turned-muslim-cleric-says-rights-violated\/2019\/05\/03\/fee105d4-6da1-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html?utm_term=.910ff15c982c\">1960s Black Militant H. Rap Brown Challenging Imprisonment<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A convert asked his parents concerned about his conversion &#8220;to read a chapter in the Quran about Mary and Jesus.&#8221; He says, &#8220;That gave them a different perspective of Islam&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philly.com\/news\/latino-muslim-ramadan-philadelphia-converts-growing-islam-in-spanish-20190505.html\">More Latinos Are Becoming Muslims: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIslam Is Not as Foreign as You Think\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Philadelphia Inquirer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Palestinian officials said an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement was reached with Israel on Monday to end a recent surge of violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/05\/06\/palestinians-say-gaza-ceasefire-reached-with-israel.html\">Palestinians Report Gaza Truce with Israel as Violence Ebbs<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;in which &#8220;[f]our Israelis and 23 Palestinians, including two pregnant woman and an  infant, were killed &#8230; along the border  on Friday&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/430-gaza-rockets-fired-at-israel-one-israeli-dead-six-palestinians-said-killed-1.7199036\">UN, Qatar and Egypt Offer Israel Cease-fire After Two Days of Hostilities; 4 Israelis Dead in Rocket Barrages<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the ten demonstrators repeatedly shouted that &#8220;Roger Waters hates Jews\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because the co-founder of rock band Pink Floyd &#8220;while on a music tour in Israel &#8230; was appalled by the conditions Palestinians must endure&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2019\/05\/pro-palestine-event-at-umass-draws-2000-attendees-10-protestors.html\">Pro-Palestine Event at UMass Draws 2,000 Attendees, 10 Protestors<\/a> (masslive.com)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The free market rushes in to meet needs to which the broader culture is indifferent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/enough-with-the-pancakes-can-muslims-get-more-than-an-ihop-meal-at-ramadan\/2019\/05\/02\/d98fcb68-6ce7-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html?utm_term=.fb1f5a80ef4c\">Enough with the Pancakes. 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