{"id":21992,"date":"2019-09-02T17:21:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T22:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=21992"},"modified":"2019-09-02T17:21:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T22:21:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-9-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=21992","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/2\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not allowed to emcee the wedding of his best friend&#8217;s daughter in Queens after being questioned about his charitable work helping to resettle Syrian refugees, he was told only that &#8220;his name &#8216;matches that of a bad guy'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaieteurnewsonline.com\/2019\/08\/31\/guyanese-born-imam-from-canadian-blocked-from-entering-us\/\">Guyanese-born Imam from Canadian Blocked from Entering US<\/a> (Kaieteur News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolton is fighting against the president&#8217;s plan to for &#8220;partial removal of U.S. troops in exchange for the Taliban renouncing al-Qaeda and preventing the group from recruiting, fundraising, training and other activities&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/bolton-sidelined-from-afghanistan-policy-as-his-standing-with-trump-falters\/2019\/08\/30\/79651256-8888-483b-9fd1-c47a2cfadab7_story.html?amp=1\">Bolton Sidelined from Afghanistan Policy as His Standing with Trump Falters<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In December 2016, Parnham sent a fan letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/dylann-roof\">Dylann Roof<\/a>, a white supremacist terrorist who murdered nine black victims at a church in Charleston, South Carolina&#8221;}:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/david-parnham-punish-a-muslim-day-malicious-letter-campaign-white-supremacist-a9088721.html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/david-parnham-punish-a-muslim-day-malicious-letter-campaign-white-supremacist-a9088721.html\">David Parnham: White Supremacist Behind \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPunish a Muslim Day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Responsible for 11 years of Malicious Letter <\/a>Campaigns<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are &#8220;immense challenges [in] treating many people who have developed bone infections after having  been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msf.org\/palestine-msf-increases-medical-efforts-wounded-gaza-strip\"> shot by the Israeli army<\/a> during protests in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msf.org\/palestine\">Gaza, Palestine<\/a> over the last year&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msf.org\/treating-resistant-infections-gaza-under-blockade-palestine\">Treating Resistant Infections in Gaza nder the BUlockade<\/a> (M\u00c3\u00a9decins Sans Fronti\u00c3\u00a8res)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Berkowitz contends that respected academics and a multitude of  human rights, aid, journalist, physician, foreign service groups &#8220;and even the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-usa-cluster-idUSN2920609120070129\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. State Department<\/a> &#8230; are [all] <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b_jmQWwES98\" target=\"_blank\">wrong<\/a>&#8221; about Israel&#8217;s human rights record: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israel-partisan-peter-berkowitz-named-head-of-state-dept-policy-planning\/\">Israel Partisan Peter Berkowitz Named Head of State Dept Policy Planning<\/a> (If Americans Knew)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Trevor Noah, Rashida Tlaib and Linda Sarsour, were all popular but the biggest draw was Bernie Sanders, who declared that Muslims &#8220;have helped make America the great nation it is&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/09\/01\/opinions\/bernie-sanders-muslim-american-support-obeidallah\/index.html\">The Star of the Annual Muslim Convention Was a Jewish Man from Brooklyn<\/a> (CNN) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Enough impunity: There&#8217;s an international responsibility to impose sanctions on Israel after decades of systematic crimes&#8221; 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