{"id":20511,"date":"2019-06-02T04:13:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T09:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20511"},"modified":"2019-06-02T04:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T09:13:29","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20511","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/2\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truetorahjews.org\/visiting-temple-mount-absolutely-forbidden-more-one-reason\">Jewish law prohibits Jews entry to the Holy of Holies<\/a>, but the Israeli police would rather provoke a Palestinian riot at the end of Ramadan than obey Jewish law:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/clashes-erupt-on-temple-mount-as-jews-mark-jerusalem-day-in-final-days-of-ramadan-1.7313424\">Clashes Erupt on Temple Mount as Jews Mark Jerusalem Day in Final Days of Ramadan<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded by the State Dept. to expose pro-Iranian propaganda, the  <a href=\"https:\/\/irandisinfo.org\/\">Iran Disinformation Project<\/a>  has instead engaged in disinformation against the Iran treaty, even attacking  a journalist Iran detained for a year and a half &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20190601-us-suspends-funding-iran-twitter-account-trolled-critics\">US Suspends Funding for Iran Twitter Account that Trolled Critics<\/a> (France24)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;    <a href=\"https:\/\/rightweb.irc-online.org\/profile\/foundation_for_defense_of_democracies\/\">Foundation for Defense of Democracies&#8217;<\/a> CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/rightweb.irc-online.org\/profile\/mark-dubowitz\/\">Mark Dubowitz<\/a> denies suspicions of collaboration with the disinformation project the as work of  &#8220;&#8216;conspiracists&#8217; [who] see &#8216;FDD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand in everything'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lobelog.com\/fdd-aligned-with-state-department-to-attack-supporters-of-iran-diplomacy\/\">FDD Aligned with State Department to Attack Supporters of Iran Diplomacy<\/a> (Lobe Log)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In his &#8220;forty hadith&#8221; inspired work, &#8220;the Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic literature [includes] &#8230;canonical as well as &#8230; marginalized sources&#8221; from &#8220;queer theology, feminist commentary and core Islamic teachings&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/books\/sc-books-michael-muhammad-knight-0529-story.html\">&#8216;Muhammad: Forty Introductions&#8217; Is a Soul-stirring Primer on Islam<\/a> (Chicago Tribune)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Cuccinelli has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/21\/right-wing-pundit-ken-cuccinelli-anti-lgbtq-bigot-and-trump-set-appoint-him-senior-dhs-position\/223760\">anti-LGBTQ<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/23\/potential-dhs-senior-official-ken-cuccinelli-suggested-states-invoke-war-powers-turn-back-migrant\/223778\">anti-immigrant<\/a> rhetoric and positions&#8221; and Gabriel&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/resources\/profiles\/act-for-america\">long<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/08\/us\/08gabriel.html?mtrref=www.google.com&amp;gwh=12DAC3A02C82C56D236664A5B5327490&amp;gwt=pay\">history<\/a> of anti-Muslim statements&#8221; includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/maher-season-premiere-inc_b_168972\">claim<\/a> that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a practicing Muslim \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 cannot be a loyal [U.S.] citizen&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/31\/Potential-DHS-immigration-director-Ken-Cuccinelli-praised-diatribe-from-anti-Muslim-leader\/223842\">Potential DHS Immigration Director Ken Cuccinelli Praised Diatribe from Anti-Muslim Leader Brigitte Gabriel<\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Aufa &#8230; sees her faith as uplifting and liberating, not confining&#8221; and Ghufron &#8220;the Quran &#8230; says to &#8230; search for the signs that  God has placed around. So &#8230; appreciating the beauty of flowers is  part of my religion&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/life\/2019\/06\/02\/style\/muslim-siblings-promote-diversity-fashion-flowers\/#.XPOLto97mUk\">Muslim Siblings Promote Diversity with Fashion and Flowers<\/a> (Japan Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rouhani says Iran will negotiate if America just shows respect; Khamenei doesn&#8217;t actually contradict him, he just says America is incapable of abandoning bullying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/06\/rouhani-iran-bullied-talks-190601202644003.html\">Rouhani Says Iran Will Not Be &#8216;Bullied&#8217; into US Talks<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Netanyahu&#8217;s claim that the British-appointed mufti of Jerusalem &#8220;urged Hitler to annihilate the Jews&#8221; distorts history and fails to mention that had no influence on the{Palestinian] public &#8230;[who] didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see him as a leader&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-historian-12-000-palestinians-fought-for-u-k-in-wwii-alongside-jewish-volunteers-1.7309369\">12,000 Palestinians Fought for U.K. in WWII Alongside Jewish Volunteers, Historian Finds<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While he didn&#8217;t get much eye contact from some of the leaders gathered  around the GCC table, [Qatar&#8217;s representative Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser]  al-Thani did back the Saudi monarch&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/05\/31\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-iran-summit-mecca-intl\/index.html\">Saudi Arabia United the Arab World Against Iran. 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