{"id":20800,"date":"2019-08-14T10:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20800"},"modified":"2019-08-14T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:09:58","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-14-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20800","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/14\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;We had to stick our arms out through a small opening in the door. We soon realized that after our injections that we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get our periods anymore&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/uighur-muslim-china-sterilisation-women-internment-camps-xinjiang-a9054641.html\">Muslim Women \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSterilised\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in China Detention Camps, Say Former Detainees<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Many of the BJP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s aspirations and policy proposals for Kashmir are  imitations of extant Israeli practices in Palestine&#8221; including building &#8220;Israeli-style Hindu-only settlements in Kashmir&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/972mag.com\/kashmir-india-israel-palestine-occupation\/142735\/\">What&#8217;s Happening in Kashmir Looks a Lot Like Israel&#8217;s Rule over Palestine<\/a> (972)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashraf Ghani never followed through with his promises to Internally Displaced Persons &#8220;that if they were to vote for him, they  would receive plots of land and support&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/08\/poor-peoples-eid-kabul-idps-welcomed-muslim-festival-190812185753373.html\">&#8216;Poor People&#8217;s Eid&#8217;: How Kabul IDPs Welcomed Muslim Celebration <\/a>(Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Use of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism to prevent &#8220;a bike ride raising awareness of the plight of the Palestinian demonstrates the real threat to freedom of expression that it represents&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/aug\/13\/freedom-of-expression-on-palestine-is-being-suppressed\">Freedom of Expression on Palestine Is Being Suppressed<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;[F]eminism in Islam&#8230; emphasizes  the inclusion of Muslim women in the religious sphere, with no conflict  with their call for their political rights or their active participation  in public life&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/asunow.asu.edu\/20190813-global-engagement-asu-prof-explores-feminism-islam-and-politics-new-book\">ASU Prof Explores Feminism, Islam and Politics in New Book<\/a> (ASU Now)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[I]ncome tax is considered an oppression in classical Islamic law. If the  only tax we had to pay was 2.5% of whatever we own for a year, most,  apart from the ultra-rich would find they&#8217;d pay a lot less tax&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/08\/12\/the-muslim-wealth-tax-zakat-is-the-best-blueprint-for-making-western-societies-fairer-view\">The Muslim Wealth Tax Zakat is the Best Blueprint for Making Western Societies Fairer \u00c7\u20ac View<\/a> (Euronews)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/aug\/03\/us-appalled-disgraceful-israeli-shelling-gaza-un-school\">bombings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Palestinian-owned-School-Demolished-by-Israeli-Forces-20190320-0002.html\">demolitions<\/a> and  <a href=\"https:\/\/972mag.com\/israeli-soldiers-arrest-palestinian-child-in-school\/140655\/\">invasions<\/a> of Palestinian schools, Israel creates a &#8220;Kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare   for any international scholar  wishing to teach at  a Palestinian university &#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/israel-systematically-blocks-international-scholars-from-reaching-palestine\/\">Israel Systematically Blocks International Scholars from Reaching Palestine<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Although the petition focused on the blindfolding, it also argued that  the Palestinian shepherds were generally detained &#8230; for punitive  purposes &#8230; [contravening the]  purpose of and procedures for detaining Palestinians&#8221; &#8230;                                   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israeli-army-forced-to-admit-blindfolding-detained-palestinians-is-against-protocol-1.7680631\">Israeli Army Forced to Admit Blindfolding Detained Palestinians Is Against Protocol<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;While most of the village\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s inhabitants were sitting down to a festive  meal, a large police force arrived, entering the Masri family\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s parking  lot and shooting point blank at a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leg&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-one-palestinian-hurt-as-police-disrupt-muslim-holiday-celebrations-in-east-jerusalem-1.7682203\">Police Disrupt Muslim Holiday Celebrations in East Jerusalem<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Only intervention by the Revolutionary Guard saved him from a death penalty after the ministry of Intelligence tortured him into a false confession:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-49284659\">&#8216;Iran Tortured Me Into Confessing to Be an Israeli Spy&#8217;<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We had to stick our arms out through a small opening in the door. 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