{"id":295,"date":"2007-05-08T09:55:25","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T14:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=295"},"modified":"2007-05-08T09:55:27","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T14:55:27","slug":"news-and-analysis-5807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/8\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Although Muslim women suffer under sexist and culturally skewed interpretations of Islam, nascent Muslim civil society institutions are stepping in to address and prevent domestic violence:\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/07\/AR2007050701936_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">For Some Muslim Wives, Abuse Knows No Borders<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Suddenly evicted from his home in Anbar province, a shaykh periodically visits his home and patiently waits for the American and Iraqi soldiers to eventually leave his private property:\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/05\/08\/world\/middleeast\/08house.html?ref=world&#038;pagewanted=print\"><font size=\"2\">A Sheik and His Uninvited \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGuests\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Mirror Uneasy Iraq-U.S. Ties<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (New York Times)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Minority Sunni Arab activists flee Iran for Syria, but find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0508\/p07s02-wome.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Iranians Find Tenous Refuge in Syria<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Meeting between EU and Gulf leaders commence, free trade and regional security are the main discussion topics:\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnki.com\/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&#038;loid=8.0.411989218&#038;par=0\"><font size=\"2\">Middle East: EU-Gulf Summit Opens in Riyadh<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Adnkronos International)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Iraq news compilation by Middle East expert Juan Cole includes Sunni threats to pull out of the government, rampant sectarianism dominating the minds of tribal leaders of Anbar in spite of its so-called stabilization, and what are the real issues behind the Iraqi oil bill:\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2007\/05\/sunnis-threaten-to-pull-out-of-al.html\"><font size=\"2\">Sunnis Threaten to Pull out of al-Maliki Government, Demand a Unitary Iraq; 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