{"id":20827,"date":"2019-08-19T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20827"},"modified":"2019-08-19T10:50:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:50:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-19-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20827","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/19\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Israel has expanded its scope of operations to attack targets in Iraq,  whose coalition government is friendly to the United States. The  predictable result: the Iraqi government is bailing on Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policy&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/08\/19\/how-secret-israeli-attacks-in-iraq-are-driving-trumps-anti-iran-campaign_partner\/\">How Secret Israeli Attacks in Iraq Are Driving Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anti-Iran Campaign<\/a> (Independent Media Institute \/ Salon)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In 2012, Maruf suggested Muslims should not wish people &#8216;Merry  Christmas&#8217;. But on the campaign trail in 2018, video of him wishing  people &#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217; emerged&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/asia\/what-indonesia-s-largest-muslim-organisation-really-wants-20190819-p52ihe.html\">What Indonesia&#8217;s Largest Muslim Organisation Really Wants<\/a> (Sydney Morning Herald)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[T]he image I had of Islam was these wild people that hijacked aircraft and were always blowing things up,&#8221; but then he met a Muslim and was  &#8220;amazed&#8221; by his &#8220;patience&#8221; and calmness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/national\/115098464\/kiwi-converts-to-islam\">Kiwi Converts to Islam<\/a> (RNZ \/ Stuff)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Under pressure from other Palestinians &#8220;&#8216;not to give legitimization to the Israeli perspective&#8217; of this brutal crime&#8217;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tawfik Abu Wael took advice from the murdered boy&#8217;s father, &#8220;If your conscience is clear, then do it&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/new-hbo-series-tackles-the-anatomy-of-a-jerusalem-hate-crime\/2019\/08\/15\/5633c584-bd10-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html\">New HBO Series Tackles the Anatomy of a Jerusalem Hate C rime<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In Singapore&#8217;s plural society, [Islam] is practiced in a spirit of mutual respect, tolerance and inclusiveness&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/politics\/national-day-rally-2019-singapore-malays-a-model-for-other-muslim-and-minority-communities\">National Day Rally 2019: Singapore Malays a Model for Other Muslim and Minority Communities<\/a> (Straits Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Such raids &#8220;take place also in areas under the full control of the  Palestinian Authority &#8230; with no need for a search warrant,  whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping  arbitrary powers&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.wafa.ps\/page.aspx?id=E3fLhea111285623031aE3fLhe\">Israeli Forces Detain 27 Palestinians from West Bank, Including 69-Year-old Man<\/a> (WAFA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mustatfa &#8220;Sway had just come from Friday prayers in his traditional garments &#8230;  in solidarity with his Christian Palestinian brethren who have been excluded from their own church&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/blogs\/middleeast\/2019\/04\/shooting-jerusalem-glimpse-life-segregated-city-190403063816894.html\">Shooting Jerusalem: A Glimpse into Life in a Segregated City<\/a> (Al-Jazeera) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Lesson 1: When the missile is American, use the passive voice&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/iran-media-war\/\">How the US Media Demonizes Iran<\/a> (The Nation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The true story of a woman&#8217;s determination to &#8220;learn about her Iranian identity and culture despite resistance from the Dutch couple who adopted her &#8230;. has elicited praise and secured slots on the international fest circuit&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/film\/news\/oscars-iran-picks-doc-finding-farideh-as-international-feature-film-contender-1203305783\/\">Oscars: Iran Picks Doc \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFinding Farideh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as International Feature Film Contender<\/a> (Variety)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Israel has expanded its scope of operations to attack targets in Iraq, whose coalition government is friendly to the United States. The predictable result: the Iraqi government is bailing on Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policy&#8221;: How Secret Israeli Attacks in Iraq Are Driving Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anti-Iran Campaign (Independent Media Institute \/ Salon) &#8220;In 2012, Maruf suggested Muslims should not [&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-20827","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\/20827","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=20827"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20834,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20827\/revisions\/20834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}