{"id":3400,"date":"2010-07-16T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2010-07-16T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T15:52:08","slug":"news-and-analysis-71610","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3400","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/16\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The man who wrote two of the memos authorizing techniques like waterboarding says the CIA not only used it excessively, but went even further to resort to &#8220;punching, kicking and dousings with cold water&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/07\/15\/AR2010071504171.html\">Ex-Justice Official Says Limits on Detainee Questionings May Have Been Exceeded<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can humor be a more effective tool than violence in suppressing terrorism?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/15\/countering-terrorism-with-mockery\/?scp=4&amp;sq=muslim&amp;st=cse\">Countering Terrorism With Mockery<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wilders&#8217; Freedom Party has more to do with hate-mongering than freedom:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/skynews\/Home\/World-News\/Geert-Wilders-Anti-Muslim-Freedom-Alliance-Dutch-Politician-Wants-End-To-Islamic-Immigration\/Article\/201007315666139?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_2&amp;lid=ARTICLE_15666139_Geert_Wilders_Anti-Muslim_Freedom_Alliance:_Dutch_Politician_Wants_End_To_Islamic_Immigration\">Dutch Politician Forms Anti-Islam Coalition<\/a> (Sky News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Akbar Ahmed says that &#8220;the Muslim community and leadership really need to do a much better job of bridging this gap of misunderstanding that we found in the field&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=128545975\">Muslims In U.S. Face Challenges Erecting Mosques<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while a televangelist\u00c2\u00a0promises to build a &#8220;9\/11 Christian Center&#8221; as a hate-filled antidote to the planned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cordobainitiative.org\/?q=content\/cordoba-house-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\">Cordoba House<\/a> center for the promotion of tolerance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aolnews.com\/article\/ground-zero-mosque-rebuttal-the-9-11-christian-center\/19556400\">Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal: The 9\/11 Christian Center<\/a> (AOL News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Muslim-American efforts to create and support Islamic schools [in America] mirror previous efforts by Roman Catholic and Jewish communities,&#8221; which &#8220;faced the same kind of public resistance&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/2010\/07\/13\/voice-of-america-islamic-schools-in-us-raise-hopes-fears\/\">Voice of America: Islamic Schools in US Raise Hopes, Fears<\/a> (Muslim Matters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[D]escribing our enemy in religious terms would lend credence to the lie propagated by\u00c2\u00a0Al-Qaeda\u00c2\u00a0and its affiliates to justify terrorism&#8221; &#8212; John O. 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