{"id":56055,"date":"2019-11-18T13:18:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=56055"},"modified":"2019-11-18T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T18:18:28","slug":"news-and-analysis-11-18-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=56055","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/18\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Modi &#8220;seeks to provide citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis  or Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Muslims are  excluded from the list&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-11-18\/modi-pushes-to-grant-citizenship-to-non-muslim-immigrants\">Modi Pushes to Grant Citizenship to Non-Muslim Immigrants<\/a> (Bloomberg) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Opposition had told PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that  the Kashmir situation &#8230; and other issues need to be  discussed in the Parliament&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/congress-adjournment-notice-in-lok-sabha-over-kashmir-situation-1619991-2019-11-18\">Congress, Trinamool Give Adjournment Notice in Lok Sabha over Kashmir Detentions<\/a> (India Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and critics say the government&#8217;s policy has cost apple farmers to lose 70%:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessworld.in\/article\/Nafed-Apple-Procurement-In-Kashmir-Failed-Miserably-Says-Farmers-Body\/18-11-2019-179111\/\">Nafed Apple Procurement In Kashmir Failed Miserably, Says Farmers Body<\/a> (Business World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The All India Muslim Personal Law Board &#8230; will file a review petition within 30 days against the Supreme Court\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/all-india-muslim-personal-law-board-decides-to-file-review-petition-against-supreme-court-s-ayodhya-verdict\/story-XYKYzywJud6BKZYapICC4K.html\">All India Muslim Personal Law Board Decides to File Review Petition Against Supreme Court\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ayodhya Verdict<\/a> (Hindustan Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while the leader of a Muslim group satisfied with the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision  is also a senior spokesperson of the Hindu nationalist ruling party:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/india\/sc-has-removed-all-hurdles-muslim-body-donates-rs-5-lakh-for-construction-of-ram-mandir-in-ayodhya-2390895.html\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSC Has Removed All Hurdles\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Muslim Body Donates Rs 5 Lakh for Construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya<\/a> (News18)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Buses transporting Muslim minorities whose voices seen as crucial for the tight presidential contest of Sri Lanka&#8217; election  have been attacked by gunfire:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/nov\/16\/sri-lanka-presidential-election-gunmen-fire-on-buses-carrying-muslim-voters\">Sri Lanka Presidential Election: Buses Carrying Muslim Voters Attacked<\/a> (The Guardian) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Propagandists  warn students that &#8220;spreading rumors&#8221; about their family members&#8217; incarceration will only lengthen their detention &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/muslim-uighurs-china-detention-leaked-documents-new-york-times-unhealthy-thoughts-a9206216.html\">Muslims Detained in China Camps for Thinking \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUnhealthy Thoughts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Leaked Documents Reveal<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; according to leaked Chinese ruling party documents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/leaked-chinese-papers-on-muslim-camps-have-xi-jinping-speeches-2019-11\">Leaked Papers on China&#8217;s Muslim Mass Detention Policies Show President Xi Jinping Urging the Ruling Party to Use the &#8216;Organs of Dictatorship&#8217; to Round Up the Ethnic Minority<\/a> (Insider)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My apologies if in my haste to reach out I created a false impression that any investigation had reached definitive conclusions&#8221; that this was not a hate crime: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/us-attorney-in-colorado-apologizes-to-muslim-community-after-email-on-mosque-incident\/73-4bebb30c-1326-4c3b-82ef-486be01634d9\">US Attorney in Colorado Apologizes to Muslim Community After Email on Mosque Incident <\/a><\/u>(KUSA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are 31 marginal seats where the Muslim electorate outnumbers the sitting member of parliament\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (MP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s) majority&#8221; &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5731406\/british-election-muslim-vote\/\">British Muslims Can Swing the U.K. Election, But Only If They Get Out and Vote<\/a> (Time)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; 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This Year, 26 Won Election Nationwide<\/a> (Richmond Times-Dispatch)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Gasoline is only fifty cents a gallon in Iran, but a 50% price hike in one fell swoop has set off widespread demonstrations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2019\/11\/17\/iran-protests-thugs-gas-prices-071331\">Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Top Leader Warns \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThugs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as Protests Reach 100 Cities<\/a> (Politico)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Parallel to the U.S. war on ISIS, Iran was clandestinely &#8220;spying on\u00c2\u00a0ISIS gatherings, providing  covert aid to its enemies, and working to break its alliances with other  insurgent factions&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/11\/18\/iran-isis-iraq-kurds\/\">Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Shadow War on ISIS<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modi &#8220;seeks to provide citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. 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