{"id":4142,"date":"2010-12-01T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2010-12-01T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T18:29:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-12110-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=4142","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/1\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no proof, but for Iranians there is also no doubt whose hands are behind the assassination-by-bombing attempt to disrupt their nuclear program as well as cyber-attacks with the same objective:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/30\/world\/middleeast\/30tehran.html?_r=2&amp;hp\">Bombings Hit Atomic Experts In Iran Streets<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After an attempted Christmas tree lighting car-bombing, the Corvallis community showed their support for a local mosque victimized by an arson attempt; &#8220;this is not Corvallis &#8230; it is some redneck idiot&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/11\/30\/local-mosque-gets-support_n_790098.html\">Local Mosque Gets Further Support As Oregon Muslims Fear Further Violence<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If Israel was not so preoccupied with building settlements in the West Bank, they could act on this &#8220;softening of Hamas&#8217;s long-standing position&#8221; for the cause of peace:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20101201\/wl_nm\/us_palestinians_israel_hamas;_ylt=AreTepTnQ4YzUA583AGXRAxvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTJ0am5vODNhBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAxMjAxL3VzX3BhbGVzdGluaWFuc19pc3JhZWxfaGFtYXMEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2hhbWFzd291bGRobw--\">Hamas Would Honor Referendum on Peace with Israel<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A talk by Ali Shehata on the reasoning in the hadith and in the Qur&#8217;an against radicalism and terrorism, and why the characterization of Muslim terrorists as heroes is just plain wrong:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/muslimmatters.org\/2010\/12\/01\/saving-our-youth-from-the-disease-of-radicalism\/\">Saving Our Youth From The Disease Of Radicalism<\/a> (Muslim Matters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forget about fairy Godmothers and knights in shining armor; the author of <em>Love in a Headscarf<\/em> argues for a &#8220;pro-active approach &#8230; where the  community, the family and the individual work together to locate someone  who will make a good life partner&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onfaith.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/guestvoices\/2010\/12\/is_an_arranged_marriage_the_answer_to_my_prayers.html\">Is an Arranged Marriage the Answer to My Prayers?<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The move by &#8230; the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s  strongest opposition force and the smaller, secular liberal Wafd party  is a blow to this top U.S. ally\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s efforts to portray itself as a  democracy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/news\/international\/africa\/view\/20101201egypts_muslim_brotherhood_pulls_out_of_election\/\">Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Brotherhood Pulls Out of Election<\/a> (AP \/ Boston Herald)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no proof, but for Iranians there is also no doubt whose hands are behind the assassination-by-bombing attempt to disrupt their nuclear program as well as cyber-attacks with the same objective: Bombings Hit Atomic Experts In Iran Streets (New York Times) After an attempted Christmas tree lighting car-bombing, the Corvallis community showed their support [&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-4142","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\/4142","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=4142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4146,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4142\/revisions\/4146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}