{"id":3348,"date":"2010-07-07T12:17:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T17:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2010-07-13T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:32:59","slug":"news-and-analysis-6710-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3348","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/7\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153[The U.S.] believes in freedom. It sees itself as an opponent of colonialism. It is very, very difficult for the United States to understand that many people around the world now perceive it as an imperial, colonial power trying to occupy them&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/political-bookworm\/2010\/07\/_occupation_the_muslim.html\">Occupation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the Muslim Perspective<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seven British anti-war activists are acquitted after smashing \u00c2\u00a3200,000 worth of defense industry\u00c2\u00a0manufacturer equipment on the grounds that they acted to prevent &#8220;Israeli war-crimes&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/england\/10489356.stm\">Activists Cleared over Brighton Weapons Factory Raid<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans  finds them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and  moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims  and Westerners around the world&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people-press.org\/report\/329\/muslim-americans-middle-class-and-mostly-mainstream\">Muslim  Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream<\/a> (Pew Research Center)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Muslim leaders say the maneuvers are part of an agenda to deny their community rights and undermine their belief;&#8221; the intervention of foreign Evangelicals is seen to foment &#8220;hatred between Muslims and Christians&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/07\/06\/AR2010070605449.html\">Kenya&#8217;s Constitutional Vote on Sharia Courts Pits Muslims Against Christians<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Curiously, not one of the young men in the photographs is wearing a  beard&#8221; in Tehran&#8217;s government-approved promotional campaign hairstyles  &#8220;to halt the spread of unconventional styles and promote Islamic  culture&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/07\/world\/middleeast\/07haircut.html?src=mv\">A  Little Off the Top? Only if Tehran Approves<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;When I walk in what was left from the Warsaw Ghetto, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop thinking about the people of Gaza who are not only locked in an open air prison but are also being bombarded by fighter jets, attack helicopters and drones,&#8221; says conscientious objector Yonatan Shapira:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/jewish-world\/news\/idf-objector-sprays-free-gaza-graffiti-on-warsaw-ghetto-wall-1.300138\">IDF Objector Sprays &#8216;Free Gaza&#8217; Graffiti on Warsaw Ghetto Wall<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153[The U.S.] believes in freedom. It sees itself as an opponent of colonialism. 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