{"id":611,"date":"2008-03-26T10:39:38","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=611"},"modified":"2008-03-26T10:39:38","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:39:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-32608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=611","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/26\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">As the Egyptian state postpones the verdicts of 40 Muslim Brotherhood members for a second time, analysts point to a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/\/?p=413\">trend of arrests deliberately targeting the group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s moderates<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystaregypt.com\/article.aspx?ArticleID=12712\">MB      Military Tribunal Postponed for the Second Time<\/a> (Daily Star Egypt)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0326\/p07s08-wome.htm\">Egypt Targets      Muslim Brotherhood Moderates<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Islamabad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s democratically elected government tells Washington it seeks a more independent and holistic approach to domestic counterterrorism, while Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s army removes another two high-level Musharraf loyalists from key posts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/26\/world\/asia\/26pstan.html?pagewanted=print\">New      Pakistani Leaders Tell Americans There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dca New Sheriff in Town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (New      York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Muslim scholar involved in high-level discussions with the Vatican denounces the highly publicized conversion of a Muslim to Catholicism, but says dialogs with the Holy See will continue as planned, while Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders respond warmly to King Abdullah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s call for interfaith discussions:<\/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\/7313870.stm\">Scholar Denounces      Muslim Baptism<\/a> (BBC News) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/03\/26\/AR2008032600530.html\">Religious      Leaders Welcome Saudi Proposal<\/a> (Associated Press\/Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Although its legal system is far from fully implementing Islamic principles of justice and fairness, Saudi Arabia creeps toward these goals with the creation of a human rights commission and discussions with human rights organizations:<\/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\/0326\/p06s01-wome.htm\">Saudi Arabia:      Slowly Opening Dialog About Human Rights<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Well-intentioned, but misguided state-run policy to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153empower\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Muslim women fails to tackle issues of social discrimination and comes off as patronizing:<\/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\/03\/26\/AR2008032600531_pf.html\">Britain      Targets Muslim Women to Fight Extremists<\/a> (Reuters\/Washington Post)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The wisdom of the Framers ensures that some of the excesses of Europe \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in both directions \u00e2\u20ac\u201c [to accommodate Muslim religious practices] won&#8217;t be replicated here\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ruth Marcus, Washington Post columnist<\/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\/03\/25\/AR2008032502295_pf.html\">Hijabs      at a Harvard Gym<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Egyptian state postpones the verdicts of 40 Muslim Brotherhood members for a second time, analysts point to a trend of arrests deliberately targeting the 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