{"id":47825,"date":"2019-10-29T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=47825"},"modified":"2019-10-29T12:53:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:53:15","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-29-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=47825","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/29\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CAIR demands release of evidence after attorneys <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/wayne\/2015\/07\/26\/imam-luqman-abdullah-shooting-lawsuit\/30619475\/\" target=\"_blank\">filed an affidavit<\/a> by an witness &#8220;who was in the  warehouse at the time of the shooting, that\u00c2\u00a0said Abdullah didn&#8217;t have a  gun and was shot while he was on his back&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2019\/10\/28\/ten-years-fbi-imam-luqman-abdullah-death-dearborn\/2451750001\/\">FBI&#8217;s Killing of Detroit Muslim Leader 10 Years Ago Haunts Communities<\/a> (Detroit Free Press)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of reporting their claimed suspicions of child abuse to the principal or child protection services, a teacher and student teacher questioned the boy about his religion and patriotism and strip searched him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland19.com\/2019\/10\/28\/family-year-old-boy-claims-he-was-interrogated-strip-searched-questioned-about-his-faith\/\">Family of 11-year-old Boy Claims He Was Interrogated, Strip Searched, and Questioned About His Faith<\/a> (Cleveland 19)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;The death \u00e2\u20ac\u0153of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a raid by a U.S. Joint Special Operations Forces Command task force \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 shows that the United States <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/worldview.stratfor.com\/article\/avoiding-wars-never-end\" target=\"_blank\">does not need to have troops on the ground in order to deal with jihadist<\/a> and other threats emanating from Syria\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgpolicy.org\/articles\/isis-decapitation-beyond\/\">ISIS Decapitation &amp; Beyond<\/a> (Center for Global Policy)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Assad had &#8220;nothing to gain  and everything to lose &#8230; [unlike] the\u00c2\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/jaysh-al-islam-officially-unites-with-al-qaeda-in-eastern-ghouta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Al Qaeda-linked extremist group Jaysh-al Islam<\/a> and the\u00c2\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corbettreport.com\/whitehelmets\/\" target=\"_blank\">incredibly shady narrative management operation<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0known as the White Helmets&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2019\/10\/25\/panel-finds-gaping-holes-in-opcw-report-on-alleged-syrian-chemical-attack\/\">Panel Finds Gaping Holes in OPCW Report on Alleged Syrian Chemical Attack<\/a> (Consortium News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We \u00e2\u20ac\u0153destroyed a nation, destabilized a region, ravaged &#8230; religious minority communities, empowered &#8230; radicals, expanded Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s influence, and triggered sectarian strife that consumed hundreds of thousands of lives\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/president-trump-understands-what-congress-does-not-syria-is-not-americas-war\/\">President Trump Understands What Congress Does Not: Syria Is Not America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s War<\/a> (American Spectator)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The victims, aged 74  and 78, were both hospitalised and one of them remains in intensive  care after a bullet pierced his throat&#8230;&#8221; One was allegedly shot &#8220;at point-blank range&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/10\/28\/hero-muslim-pensioners-stop-former-far-right-politician-burning-mosque-11000961\/?ito=cbshare\">Hero Muslim Pensioners \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcStop Former Far-right Politician Burning Down Mosque\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (metro.co.uk)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli field-testing surveillance \u00e2\u20ac\u0153technology on Palestinians who live under military occupation and therefore have no choice in the matter\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is clearly misuse and abuse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dropanyvision.org\/?emci=a9dcecd5-aef9-e911-828b-2818784d6d68&amp;emdi=4d5ed40b-b7f9-e911-828b-2818784d6d68&amp;ceid=95235\">This June, Microsoft Made a Multi-million Dollar Investment in AnyVision, an Israeli Facial Recognition Company Led by <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">Former<\/g> Israeli Military and Intelligence Personnel<\/a> (Jewish Voice for Peace)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[T]he number of immigrant visas issued to Muslim countries affected by the travel ban&#8221; decreased significantly while those &#8220;issued per month to the non-Muslim countries in the ban virtually remained unchanged&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1736809\/statistics-show-that-trumps-travel-ban-was-always-a-muslim-ban\/\">Statistics Show that Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Travel Ban\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Was Always a Muslim Ban<\/a> (Quartz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but thanks to Congresswoman Nydia Vel\u00c3\u00a1zquez\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office and the Yemeni American Merchants Association one immigrant family is among those who made it through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/bklyner.com\/alammari-family-reunited-by-muslim-ban\/\">Another Family Has Been Reunited Under the Muslim Ban<\/a> (Bklyner)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The idea for a joint declaration had been proposed to the pope by Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, an Israeli medical ethics expert&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/justice\/jewish-christian-muslim-leaders-sign-declaration-against-euthanasia\">Jewish, Christian, Muslim Leaders Sign Declaration Against Euthanasia<\/a> (National Catholic Reporter)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIR demands release of evidence after attorneys filed an affidavit by an witness &#8220;who was in the warehouse at the time of the shooting, that\u00c2\u00a0said Abdullah didn&#8217;t have a gun and was shot while he was on his back&#8221;: FBI&#8217;s Killing of Detroit Muslim Leader 10 Years Ago Haunts Communities (Detroit Free Press) Instead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47825","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\/47825","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\/122827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47825"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47952,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47825\/revisions\/47952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}