{"id":556,"date":"2008-01-29T11:28:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T16:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=556"},"modified":"2008-01-29T11:28:23","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T16:28:23","slug":"news-and-analysis-12908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/29\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Human Rights lawyer Joanne Mariner argues that anti-terrorism laws have led to global trend in restrictions on free speech:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writ.news.findlaw.com\/mariner\/20080128.html\">Terrorism and Speech<\/a> (Findlaw)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Senators vote down Bush&#8217;s plans to make warrantless wiretapping permanent, but seek to give the law a 30-day extension for further debate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/news\/2007\/Democrats_standing_up_to_Bush_on_0128.html\">Democrats Standing Up to Bush on Warrantless Wiretapping Bill<\/a> (Raw Story)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Turkish parliament seeks to make a move on easing the hijab ban by allowing university students to wear it, but restrictions on public civil servants will remain:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/7214827.stm\">Turkish MPs Plan      Headscarf Reform<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">CS Monitor columnist Helena Cobban argues that peace between Israelis and Palestinians can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be achieved without <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/\/?p=375\">diplomatically engaging<\/a> Hamas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0129\/p09s02-coop.htm\">No Way To Avoid      Hamas Now<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Syria seeks to muzzle political reform by jailing prominent democratic activist Riad Seif: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7214757.stm\">Syria Arrests      Prominent Dissident<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Disputed conversion case of dead Buddhist in Malaysia is the latest example of an increasing trend of legal bias against non-Muslims by deferring to so-called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153shari\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ah\u00e2\u20ac\u009d courts: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/01\/29\/AR2008012900704_pf.html\">Malaysian      Buddhists Lose Conversion Case<\/a> (Associated Press\/Washington Post)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0129\/p06s01-woap.htm\">Pro-Muslim Tilt      In Malaysia&#8217;s Courts<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Using the language of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153family and the Koran\u00e2\u20ac\u009d female Afghan entrepreneur Kamela Sediqi works to educate her fellow country men and women on how to run a business and be self-sufficient:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0129\/p07s02-wosc.htm\">Afghan Woman Is      All About Business<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human Rights lawyer Joanne Mariner argues that 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