{"id":6183,"date":"2012-01-26T06:20:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T11:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6183"},"modified":"2012-01-26T06:25:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T11:25:39","slug":"news-and-analysis-12612","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6183","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/26\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The commissioner and his deputy admitted to &#8221; involvement in the film [only] after producer Raphael Shore emailed <em>The Times<\/em> and provided a date and time of the interview&#8221; and &#8220;<a title=\"NYPD's Ray Kelly Knew He Was Appearing in Anti-Muslim Film\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/nypds-ray-kelly-knew-appearing-anti-muslim-film-154133663.html\" target=\"_blank\">the department was found to be fibbing about how many times the film had been screened<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/01\/25\/ray-kelly-the-third-jihad_n_1230801.html\">Ray Kelly Admits Involvement With &#8216;The Third Jihad,&#8217; Anti-Muslim Film Shown To NYPD Officers<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The exception\u00c2\u00a0 for &#8220;&#8216;thuggery&#8217; &#8230; leaves a loophole for police to continue to use exceptional powers to arrest and detain civilians without cause&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2012\/0125\/Egypt-s-military-lifts-emergency-law-with-one-big-loophole?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29\">Egypt&#8217;s Military Lifts Emergency Law \u00e2\u20ac\u201c with One Big Loophole<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Brotherhood feels little need to push through legislation enforcing an Islamic vision, .. [some] members say, especially since Egyptian society is already deeply religious and conservative. More effective, they say, is influencing the culture. [They] show a confidence that they can &#8230; bring the public into their way of life&#8221; by example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5i9B7ufupbl7_Pp38zdlhgvUWndnw?docId=d137260525a14f02b2ebc4d5b6bea031\">Egypt Islamists on Eve of Power Ease Talk of Islam<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>After <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xaTKDMYOBOU\" target=\"_blank\">Voices in the Dark<\/a>, Al Jazeera English&#8217;s surprising documentary on revolts in Bahrain, the news agency publishes a video on the prospects of reform in Saudi Arabia that brings mention to the unrest in the Shiite majority eastern cities and women rights:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stream.aljazeera.com\/story\/will-reform-come-saudi-arabia-0021992\" target=\"_blank\">Will Reform Come to Saudi Arabia?<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Al Jazeera English)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll stay on hunger strike until they open the door to me in my niqab,&#8221; Ms Hazzi said. &#8220;It covers my face, but not my mind&#8221;:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/news\/world\/middle-east\/tunisian-students-on-hunger-strike-over-right-to-wear-niqab-in-class\">Tunisian Students on Hunger Strike over Right to Wear Niqab in Class<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The National)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;The real revolution \u00e2\u20ac\u201c will happen only when true representatives of citizens, rather than the military, begin to set their countries\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 political course&#8221;:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/01\/25\/burki-demilitarizing-muslim-politics\/\">Burki: Demilitarizing Muslim Politics<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(CNN Blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Woman, Muslim, marital rape, human right, victim, domestic violence, harassment: all these words are going to come up in net-searches or tags. Add to it a few ahadith and verses from the Quran that seem patriarchal enough and voila! Recipe for a hit, with many comments under it, commending the bravery and valour of the one who dared to bring it up.\u00c2\u00a0Let me be clear here, it is not just about Islam, any religion or ethical code will not allow a human being wronged&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tribune.com.pk\/story\/9924\/dont-drag-islam-into-every-debate\/\">Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Drag Islam into Every Debate<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(The Express Tribune: Blogs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;a blog post that\u00c2\u00a0adequately\u00c2\u00a0responds to the following news &#8220;hit&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2091669\/Sunny-Islam-Strict-Muslim-raped-4-women-knifepoint-punish-them.html\">&#8216;Strict Muslim&#8217; Raped Four Women at Knifepoint to &#8216;Punish Them for Being on the Streets at Night&#8217;<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Daily Mail)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Muslims who kbnow the accused caution, &#8220;Allegations are not facts. Facts are not known yet. As a community, we have known good from both&#8230;. We remind the Muslim and non-Muslim community members that, according to the law, both are presumed innocent until proven guilty&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/local\/story\/10644947\/\">Muslim Community Rallies After Murder Plot Alleged<\/a> (WRAL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things just keep getting worse in Syria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/syrian-troops-storm-damascus-suburb-15445224#.TyEvr_nW7iE\">Syrian Troops Storm Damascus Suburb<\/a> (AP \/ abc News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-16724129\">Syria Crisis: Red Crescent Official in Idlib Shot Dead<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/terrorism-security\/2012\/0125\/With-little-to-show-in-Syria-Arab-League-turns-to-UN?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29\">With Little to Show in Syria, Arab League Turns to UN<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The commissioner and his deputy admitted to &#8221; involvement in the film [only] after producer Raphael Shore emailed The Times and provided a date and time of the interview&#8221; and &#8220;the department was found to be fibbing about how many times the film had been screened&#8220;: Ray Kelly Admits Involvement With &#8216;The Third Jihad,&#8217; Anti-Muslim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6183","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\/6183","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\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6183"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6190,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6183\/revisions\/6190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}