{"id":277,"date":"2007-04-18T11:01:54","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T16:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=277"},"modified":"2007-04-18T11:01:54","modified_gmt":"2007-04-18T16:01:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-41807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/18\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Pentagon releases redacted transcript of statement by captured militant, in which he asserts he was tortured causing him to make false confessions about himself and have physical problems, such as seizures: <\/font><\/span><font size=\"2\" \/><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span class=\"manchettebig2\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/article.asp?edition_id=10&#038;categ_id=2&#038;article_id=81525\"><font size=\"2\">Militant Tells Guantanamo Tribunal he was Tortured by CIA<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Agence France Presse)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"manchettebig2\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Saudis agree to waive the interest on the interest-free loans and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153failed to deliver\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on past promises for further aid: <\/font><\/span><\/span><font size=\"2\" \/><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/17\/AR2007041701950_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">In a Major Step, Saudi Arabia Agrees to Write Off 80 Percent of Iraqi Debt<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"manchettebig2\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Five Virginia Techs in Baghdad \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at least 157 dead, 173 wounded: <\/font><\/span><\/span><font size=\"2\" \/><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/18169833\/\"><font size=\"2\">Baghdad Death Toll Skyrockets to at Least 157<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Associated Press)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"manchettebig2\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">150 Parliamentarians in a unanimous voice vote, remove 30 opposition Parliamentarians \u00e2\u20ac\u0153for failing to attend sessions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: <\/font><\/span><\/span><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/17\/AR2007041702373.html\"><font size=\"2\">Somali Parliament Fires 30 Lawmakers<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Associated Press)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Media analyst on Israel-Palestine and Middle East affairs expresses concerns that the preview of the PBS\u00c2\u00a0 series on American-Islamic relations suggests that coverage reflects a misleadingly narrow scope: <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/counterpunch.org\/weir04172007.html\"><font size=\"2\">Some Muslims Are Not Bad: The Message of PBS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Crossroads\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Series<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Counterpunch)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Scholars and madrassas convention in Pakistan declares suicide attacks and coerced implementation of Islamic jurisprudence as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153un-Islamic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: <\/font><\/span><font size=\"2\" \/><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnki.com\/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Religion&#038;loid=8.0.405865664&#038;par=0\"><font size=\"2\">Pakistan: Ulema Convention Opposes \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSharia by Force\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Adnkronos International\/Dawn Newspaper)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Two Muslim women &#8211; one a senior researcher and the other a prominent religious scholar &#8211; answer questions in a symposium living as a Muslim in America:<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2007\/04\/17\/DI2007041700627.html\/?hpid=discussions\">On Faith: What Does it Mean to be in America?<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Prominent American Muslim political analyst takes latest RAND report on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcModerate Muslims\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to task for its factual inaccuracies and strong ideological bias:\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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