{"id":20708,"date":"2019-07-21T21:21:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T02:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20708"},"modified":"2019-07-21T21:21:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T02:21:37","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-21-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20708","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/21\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Navy feared a drone a half mile away, but the Iranians say none of their drones are missing and accuse the British of smuggling oil:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-49029053\">Iran Seizes &#8216;Fuel-smuggling&#8217; Tanker in Gulf<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The signatories included the usual global rogue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gallery \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Cuba,  Russia, North Korea, Venezuela. But a dozen Muslim governments also  joined in \u00e2\u20ac\u201d thereby sanctioning one of the largest assaults on Islam in  modern times&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/muslim-countries-joined-china-in-defending-its-cultural-genocide-of-uighurs-arent-they-ashamed\/2019\/07\/20\/0a7d62b4-aa3f-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?utm_term=.d705e21b6fef\">Muslim Countries Joined China in Defending Its Cultural Genocide of Uighurs. Aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t They Ashamed?<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslim voters have recently leaned Democratic &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/13\/opinion\/sunday\/do-muslims-have-to-be-democrats-now.html\" target=\"_blank\">despite holding many traditionally conservative values<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00e2\u20ac\u201c mostly due to the fact &#8230;. [that] Republicans have vilified Islam&#8221; and yet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/muslim-voters-2020-democratic-candidates-attention_n_5d30ce8ae4b004b6adad19a4\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2019 And Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Ignoring Muslim Voters<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When the store got their order wrong, the couple went inside to have the  simple mistake corrected. Instead, they were confronted and physically  threatened by an employee who told them to &#8216;go back to your country'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/muslim-couple-back-to-your-country-f5e66f2ec5b3\/\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGo Back to Your Country,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Coffee Chain Employee Tells Muslim Couple in Michigan<\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The imam gave refuge to &#8230; 262  Christians in his mosque and his home&#8230;.  then stood outside the doors  confronting the Muslim attackers, &#8230; even offering to exchange his own life for  theirs&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/07\/18\/africa\/nigeria-cleric-honored-intl\/index.html\">Muslim Cleric Who Hid Christians During Attacks Honored in the US<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Court finds that &#8220;Dutchbat (Dutch battalion troops) acted unlawfully in the evacuation of  350 men. They took away the chance of the men to  stay out of the hands of the Bosnian Serbs&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/07\/19\/dutch-top-court-rules-netherlands-partially-responsible-for-deaths-of-muslim-men-in-srebre\">Dutch Top Court Rules Netherlands Partially Responsible for Deaths of Muslim Men in Srebrenica<\/a> (Euronews)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was not known if any of the hackers managed to gain access to the  targeted networks with the emails, which typically mimic legitimate  emails but contain malicious software&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/f01492c3dbd14856bce41d776248921f\">AP Sources: US Struck Iranian Military Computers This Week<\/a> (AP)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy feared a drone a half mile away, but the Iranians say none of their drones are missing and accuse the British of smuggling oil: Iran Seizes &#8216;Fuel-smuggling&#8217; Tanker in Gulf (BBC) &#8220;The signatories included the usual global rogue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gallery \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Cuba, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela. 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