{"id":2282,"date":"2009-10-18T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2009-10-18T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T17:00:19","slug":"news-and-analysis-1017-1809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=2282","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/17-18\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Envoy Khraishi says Palestinians want peace with Israel,but until they have a state with &#8220;East Jerusalem as its capital &#8230; our people will never forgive the international community if they leave the criminals and perpetrators of crimes to have impunity&#8221;: &#8211; Ibrahim Khraishi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/16\/AR2009101600959.html\">U.N. Panel Backs Gaza Report<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8 years after the US-led invasion, the only successful industries are driven by foreign investment or part of the illegal drug trade &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2009\/oct\/18\/afghanistan-eight-years\">The Price of Success in Afghanistan<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; Meanwhile, a run-off election seems eminent in Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2009\/10\/2009101871138254988.html\">Diplomats Push Karzai on New Poll<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Held by Taliban hardliners, a journalists finds &#8220;the tribal areas &#8230; to have superior roads, electricity and infrastructure&#8221; to supposedly less priitive parts of Afghanistan&#8221; and guards that\u00c2\u00a0followed &#8220;the tenets of Islam that mandate the good treatment of prisoners&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/18\/world\/asia\/18hostage.html?pagewanted=1&amp;ref=world\">7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As conservative Christians use Rifqa&#8217;s story to further an &#8220;extremist political, religious agenda&#8221;, Muslims are reminded that\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=979\">there is no earthly punishment apostasy in Islam<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/16\/AR2009101603329.html\">Conversion and Controversy<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iraqi Shi&#8217;ite divide amongst three major political groups, those led by the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, those led by Al-Maliki and those led by Sadr:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq-sadr17-2009oct17,0,1901833.story\">Iraqi Primary Election Ordered by Muqtada Sadr Draws Voters<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Critics believe most of the 41 refugees refused entry were Kurds from northern Iraqi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/18\/world\/middleeast\/18iraq.html?ref=world\">Iraq Sends 41 of 50 Deported Refugees Back to Britain<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Envoy Khraishi says Palestinians want peace with Israel,but until they have a state with &#8220;East Jerusalem as its capital &#8230; our people will never forgive the international community if they leave the criminals and perpetrators of crimes to have impunity&#8221;: &#8211; Ibrahim Khraishi: U.N. 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