{"id":5906,"date":"2011-12-14T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T20:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=5906"},"modified":"2011-12-14T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T20:56:07","slug":"news-and-analysis-121411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=5906","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/14\/11)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brotherhood&#8217;s &#8220;&#8216;Freedom and Justice&#8217; party championed the rights of free market economy and political and social diversity.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Unlike the more conservative An-Nour Party, &#8220;the group&#8217;s most loyal supporters are not the fervent extremists they are made out to be in western media, but are well-educated and predominately middle-class Egyptians&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/mohamed-elmenshawy\/egypt-election-results_b_1144102.html\">Egypt: Islamists vs. Islamists<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Turkey emerges as a new regional power in the face of Iran. &#8220;Ali-Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supreme leader, told a press conference on Tuesday that Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s model of &#8216;secular Islam&#8217; was a version of western liberal democracy and unacceptable for countries that he said were going through an &#8216;Islamic awakening'&#8221;:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/75843e66-259f-11e1-9c76-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1gWsmCfFG\">Iran Criticises Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSecular Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Foreign Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Protesting what it calls a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a shatteringly cruel episode&#8221; about a woman, blaming her allergies, &#8220;gives away her husband&#8217;s 16-year-old dog,&#8221; the animal rights organization wants a free ad to quote the Prophet Muhammad (as) saying, &#8220;&#8221;All creatures are like a family of God; and He loves the most those who are the most beneficent to His family&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/all-american-muslim-dog-peta-tlc-273693\">&#8216;All-American Muslim&#8217; Targeted by PETA<\/a> (Hollywood Reporter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Another episode from Aljazeera on Muslims of France, &#8220;this three-part series examines the history of Muslim immigration to France &#8211; a country where debate continues to rage over how to reconcile a long-standing tradition of secularism with religious diversity&#8221;:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/muslimsoffrance\/2011\/12\/2011121414619380464.html\">Muslims of France: Citizens<\/a> (AlJazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Human Right&#8217;s activist, Moncef Marzouki, is elected as Interim President in Tunisia as Ennahda promises to form a new government by week&#8217;s end:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/africa\/assembly-set-to-elect-veteran-human-rights-activist-as-interim-tunisian-president\/2011\/12\/12\/gIQA4rC6oO_story.html\">Tunisia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Assembly Elects Human Rights Activist as Interim President<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Washington Post Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/africa\/islamist-leader-charged-with-forming-tunisias-next-government\/2011\/12\/14\/gIQAVL5ltO_story.html\">Tunisia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Islamist Party Takes on Challenge of Forming New Government, Expects one by Weekend<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Washington Post with Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A &#8220;senior Iranian hard-liner criticized the Saudi visit&#8217;s attempt to ease strained Iran-Saudi relations. Hossein Shariatmadari, an aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Moslehi&#8217;s trip was a &#8216;gift&#8217; to a regime on the verge of collapse&#8221;:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/iran-saudi-visit-aimed-refute-us-claims-15155108#.TukLXVbNl7k\">\u00c2\u00a0Iran Says Saudi Visit Aimed to Refute US Claims<\/a> (AP \/ abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Half of Afghanistan&#8217;s women prisoners are inmates for &#8216;zina&#8217; or moral crimes. 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