{"id":267,"date":"2007-04-08T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T18:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=267"},"modified":"2007-04-08T13:26:17","modified_gmt":"2007-04-08T18:26:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-47-807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/7-8\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">&#8220;Our problem here is what? It&#8217;s how to eat, how to drink, and how to forget about our problems. We can&#8217;t do anything else\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6That cultivates hatred. It&#8217;s the hatred of not being able to do anything.&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ibrahim Moussa<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/06\/AR2007040602091_pf.html\">In Jordanian Camps, A Sense of Nihilism<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Fed up with bad image in the US media and Musharraf\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s erosion of the rule of law, Pakistani-Americans embrace a pro-active role:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/06\/AR2007040601826_pf.html\">Pakistani Political Strife Prompts Action Among Emigres<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Everyone is suffering from the Sudanese government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ham-fisted tactics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/06\/AR2007040601894_pf.html\">Arab Nomads, &#8216;Not Pro-Anything,&#8217; Also Suffer in Darfur<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Shi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ite religious scholars from around the world embrace the communicative power of internet to provide opinions on a variety of social, spiritual and political issues:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-webclerics7apr07,0,7348581,print.story\">In Iran, Web-Savvy Clerics Reach Out to Shiite Faithful<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Now that Sadr has allegedly ordered Shi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122as to re-arm themselves against the occupation, US forces are re-engaged in a bloody battle with Mahdi Army units: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/07\/AR2007040701333_pf.html\">U.S. Fights Iraqi Militia in South<\/a> (Washington Post)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/08\/AR2007040800183_pf.html\">Sadr Calls on Iraqis to End Cooperation With U.S.<\/a> (Washington Post)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Muslims [of Europe] &#8230; feel threatened not by the foundations of our Christian morality but by the cynicism of a secularized culture that denies its own foundations.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pope Benedict XVI <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/08\/magazine\/08pope.t.html?ref=world&#038;pagewanted=print\">Keeping the Faith<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our problem here is what? 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