{"id":39174,"date":"2019-10-12T06:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T11:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=39174"},"modified":"2019-10-12T06:46:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T11:46:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-12-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=39174","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/12\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite U.S. pressure &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-50025020\">Turkey Syria Offensive: US Builds Pressure to Halt Incursion Against Kurds<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Turkey has vowed to push forward\u00c2\u00a0with its offensive targeting Kurdish  forces in Syria despite continued international criticism&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/100000-flee-as-turkish-offensive-pushes-into-syria\/a-50798544\">100,000 Flee as Turkish Offensive Pushes into Syria<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; even though some ISIS detainees escaped from prison and &#8220;women affiliated with Isis attacked security offices with sticks and  stones during unrest at a camp in the region where Turkey has launched  attacks&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/isis-turkey-syria-prison-bombing-kurds-sdf-a9152536.html\">ISIS Militants Break Out of Prison in Syria After Bombing by Turkey<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After two months, &#8220;around 4 million post-paid cellphone connections will  be restored in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, &#8230; [but] internet services will remain suspended for now&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/india-to-restore-post-paid-cellphone-connections-in-kashmir\/2019\/10\/12\/c573f3d0-ecd9-11e9-a329-7378fbfa1b63_story.html\">India to Restore Post-Paid Cellphone Connections in Kashmir<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and opposition leaders ask how local elections taken seriously or India trusted amid a communication shutdown when &#8220;most of the state&#8217;s political leaders in detention&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-49996399\">Kashmir Conflict: Are Local Elections amid Lockdown a &#8216;Sham&#8217;?<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while India&#8217;s home minister says Modi has warned America&#8217;s president against speaking up on India&#8217;s occupation of Kashmir because it is an &#8220;internal matter&#8221; [!]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/pm-narendra-modi-told-donald-trump-not-to-interfere-in-kashmir-amit-shah-1608277-2019-10-11\">PM Narendra Modi told Donald Trump not to interfere in Kashmir: Amit Shah<\/a> (India Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the estimated 1.5 million Uighur Muslims and other minorities detained in China are sentenced in a closed court trial and charged for religious practices called serious disturbance of the normal religious order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/10\/08\/764153179\/china-has-begun-moving-xinjiang-muslim-detainees-to-formal-prisons-relatives-say\">Illegal Superstition&#8217;: China Jails Muslims For Practicing Islam, Relatives Say<\/a> (NPR) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who insist that antipathy for what <a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2014\/10\/crisis-called-jewish\/\">Max Blumenthal and Rania Khalek have called &#8220;the Jewish State in the Levant&#8221;<\/a> is any more anti-Semitic than antipathy for ISIL is anti-Muslim don&#8217;t recognize their own bigotry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Merkels-govt-says-Irans-call-to-wipe-Israel-off-the-map-not-antisemitic-603875\">Merkel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gov\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Says Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Call to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWipe Israel off the Map\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Not Antisemitic<\/a> (The Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian women in attendance enjoyed a 14-0 home team win, but &#8220;Tehran has yet to announce that they will be granted unrestricted access to all matches&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/inpictures\/extraordinary-feeling-iran-women-attend-football-match-191010185302911.html\">&#8216;An Extraordinary Feeling&#8217;: Iran Women Attend Football Match<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rejecting Zamiruddin Shah&#8217;s &#8220;fervent wish that Muslims &#8230; 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