{"id":254,"date":"2007-03-25T15:48:22","date_gmt":"2007-03-25T20:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=254"},"modified":"2007-03-25T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2007-03-25T20:48:22","slug":"news-and-analysis-324-2507","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/24-25\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Why do some youth leave Islam? Prof. Jeffrey Lang implores Muslims to confront issues of racism, treatment of women, the cultural divide, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153problems with traditional theology:\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmedianetwork.com\/mmn\/?p=810\"><font face=\"TimesNewRomanPSMT, Times, serif\">Save \tthe US Ummah!<\/font><\/a><\/u><\/font><font face=\"TimesNewRomanPSMT, Times, serif\"> \t(The Muslim Observer)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">Free elections mark Mauritania\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s transition to a free society:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/25\/AR2007032500279.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">Mauritanians \tVote for Post-Coup Leader<\/font><\/a><\/u><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"> \t(AP\/Washington Post)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">New Egyptian \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcreforms\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the greatest setback to freedom in Egypt in a quarter-century\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/24\/AR2007032400753.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">Constitutional \tAutocracy<\/font><\/a><\/u><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"> \t(Washington Post)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">Recipient of NSL Letter speaks out, anonymously : \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I resent being conscripted as a secret informer for the government and being made to mislead those who are close to me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomsphoenix.com\/Find-Freedom.htm?At=016570\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">My \tNational Security Letter Gag Order<\/font><\/a><\/u><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"> \t(Freedom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Phoenix\/Washington Post)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">But who will really be punished by sanctions: the government or the people?<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/877ABB3E-C570-45FE-BE2D-605F081AB125.htm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">UN \tImposes Fresh Sanctions on Iran<\/font><\/a><\/u><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"> \t(Al Jazeera)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">More crackdowns in Pakistan ahead of planned protests:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/25\/AR2007032500216.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">Pakistani \tCops Hold Opposition Activists<\/font><\/a><\/u><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"> \t(AP\/Washington Post)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">Article explores alternative interpretations of Quranic verse 4:34, which some<span style=\"font-style: normal\"> claim<\/span> permits a husband to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbeat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 his wife:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/25\/us\/25koran.html?pagewanted=1\"><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\">New \tTranslation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse<\/font><\/a><\/u><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"> \t(NY Times)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do some youth leave Islam? 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