{"id":3452,"date":"2010-07-26T10:53:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T15:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2010-07-26T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T15:53:33","slug":"news-and-analysis-72610","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3452","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/26\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. supports Pakistan while Pakistan&#8217;s ISI supports the Taliban. Whistle-blower <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/\">Wikileaks<\/a> releases thousands of leaked classified documents proving the connection; founder Julian Assange explains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/focus\/2010\/07\/2010726112724506988.html\">Why the World Needs WikiLeaks<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IDF Military Advocate General Avichai Mandelblit <a href=\"http:\/\/my.ynet.co.il\/pic\/news\/GazaUpdateJuly2010.pdf\">confirms Goldstone Report findings<\/a> on war crimes; IDF\u00c2\u00a0back peddles &#8220;as though they were frightened by Goldstone&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maxblumenthal.com\/2010\/07\/idf-report-confirming-goldstones-key-findings-is-suppressed-inside-israel\/\">IDF Report Confirming Goldstone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Key Findings Is Suppressed Inside Israel<\/a> (Max Blumenthal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[I]f there is harm in wearing the veil &#8230; it is permitted that she shows her face when need and necessity demand it,&#8221; says Islamic jurisprudent Mohamed al-Nujaimi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/international\/saudi-clerics-exempt-women-from-wearing-veils-in-france-1.303952\">Saudi Clerics Exempt Women from Wearing Veils in France<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The jailing of [Sheikh Raed Salah]\u00c2\u00a0exposes the divide among Israeli Arabs and Jews. Arabs say it is further proof of Jewish discrimination; Jews say it shows how the nation&#8217;s Arabs exploit Israeli democracy&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www1.voanews.com\/english\/news\/Israel-Jails-Countrys-Top-Islamic-Militant-99198324.html?refresh=1\">Israel Jails Country&#8217;s Top Islamic Militant<\/a> (Voice of America)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Islamophobia is a mixture of racism, undiscriminating ignorance of the diversity and complexity within the Islamic world, and the hard reality of some truly dangerous, Western-hating Muslims (estimated by intel sources variously at 10-40,000 hardcore fanatics worldwide)&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/guestvoices\/2010\/07\/america_already_is_an_islamic_society.html\">America Already is an Islamic Society<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Designed to resolve a conflicted relationship many Muslims have with America, the young academics were &#8220;amazed at this opening and understanding and acceptance of everyone because that is what Islam preaches&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-azhar-20100726,0,3880549.story\">American and Egyptian Scholars Strive To Bridge Religion Gap <\/a>(Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. supports Pakistan while Pakistan&#8217;s ISI supports the Taliban. Whistle-blower Wikileaks releases thousands of leaked classified documents proving the connection; founder Julian Assange explains: Why the World Needs WikiLeaks (Al-Jazeera) IDF Military Advocate General Avichai Mandelblit confirms Goldstone Report findings on war crimes; IDF\u00c2\u00a0back peddles &#8220;as though they were frightened by Goldstone&#8221;: IDF Report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3452"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3459,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions\/3459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}