{"id":20697,"date":"2019-07-18T05:08:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20697"},"modified":"2019-07-18T05:08:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:08:33","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-18-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20697","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/18\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Her relatives expressed serious concern &#8230;, saying it was  &#8216;unusual for political prisoners to be guarded by the Iranian  Revolutionary Guard Corps, rather than regular prison guards during  hospital treatment'&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2019\/jul\/17\/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-moved-to-mental-health-ward-in-iran\">Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe moved to Mental Health Ward in Iran<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Demonstrators on Tuesday also demanded the Lebanese ministry of labour  overturn a rule that requires Palestinian workers to obtain a work  permit in order to gain employment&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/07\/palestinians-lebanon-protest-crackdown-unlicensed-workers-190716183746729.html\">Palestinians in Lebanon Protest Crackdown on Unlicensed Workers<\/a> (Al-Jazeera) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[W]omen told researchers that the Islamic faith was &#8216;sometimes  unjustifiably used to maintain family norms and traditions which are  based more on cultural and patriarchal constructs'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/jul\/15\/muslim-community-shuns-women-released-from-prison-says-report\">Muslim Community Shuns Women Released from Prison, Says Report<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The High Court &#8220;routinely rejects petitions filed by Palestinians &#8211; while &#8230; [approving] systematic human-rights violations, including  forcible transfer, collective punishment, blanket impunity to &#8230; security forces and torture&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/07\/israel-courts-deliver-justice-palestinians-190716152643878.html\">Can Israel&#8217;s Courts Deliver Justice for Palestinians?<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[W]ith the success and recognition of &#8216;Ramy&#8217; and &#8216;Patriot Act,&#8217; the future  of American Muslim portrayals on screen feels brighter today than it  ever has before&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/emmys-ramy-patriot-act-hasan-minhaj-muslim-portrayal-tv\/\">The Emmys and the Future of Muslim Portrayals on Television<\/a> (The Wrap)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If the OIC wants to be the global voice for the rights of oppressed  Muslims everywhere, its members need to stop looking the other way and  denounce China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s abusive policies in Xinjiang&#8221;&#8211; HRW China director:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/07\/17\/china-muslim-majority-states-whitewash-abuses\">China: Muslim-Majority States Whitewash Abuses<\/a> (Human Rights Watch)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Pew Research Center, &#8220;Israel was one of the top 20 most religiously restrictive countries in the world, according to Pew. It also has the fifth-highest level of &#8216;social hostilities related to religious norms'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Israel-News\/Israel-has-almost-as-many-religious-restrictions-as-Iran-report-says-595905\">Israel has Almost as Many Religious Restrictions as Iran, Report Says<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The US has wanted to base troops there for some time because security  assessments have shown Iranian missiles would have a difficult time  targeting the remote area&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/07\/17\/politics\/us-military-buildup-saudi-air-base-satellite-images\/index.html\">US Preparing to Send Hundreds of Troops to Saudi Arabia amid Iran Tensions<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Washington has gotten Iran wrong for nearly seven decades. President  Trump has an opportunity to get it right, but that will require an  entirely new approach&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/its-not-too-late-for-trump-to-ignore-bolton-and-get-iran-right\/\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Not Too Late for Trump to Ignore Bolton and Get Iran Right<\/a> (The American Conservative)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Her relatives expressed serious concern &#8230;, saying it was &#8216;unusual for political prisoners to be guarded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, rather than regular prison guards during hospital treatment&#8217;&#8221;: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe moved to Mental Health Ward in Iran (The Guardian) &#8220;Demonstrators on Tuesday also demanded the Lebanese ministry of labour overturn a rule that [&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-20697","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\/20697","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=20697"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20706,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20697\/revisions\/20706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}