{"id":6325,"date":"2012-02-16T12:09:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T17:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6325"},"modified":"2012-02-16T12:17:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T17:17:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-21612","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6325","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/16\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Ultra-conservative Islamist Presidential candidate Hazem Salah is calling on Egyptians to raise money in order to end the US annual aid to Egypt. But how long will the winning parties survive in Egypt if they fail to free up the economy to the point of self-sufficiency?&#8230;<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/world_now\/2012\/02\/islamist-presidential-hopeful-wants-to-abandon-us-aid.html\">Islamist Presidential Hopeful Wants to End U.S. Aid to Egypt<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; meanwhile the Muslim Brotherhood \u00e2\u20ac\u0153declares that it, and the Egyptian people, will not tolerate any officials if they decide to succumb to the pressure or cover up the accusations or interfere in the business of the judiciary:\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle-east\/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-rejects-us-pressure-over-funding-of-pro-democracy-groups\/2012\/02\/15\/gIQAC22sFR_story.html\">Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Brotherhood Backs Military in Dispute with US over Pro-democracy Groups<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post with Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Israel, justice is subject to\u00c2\u00a0ethnicity. While Palestinian convicts are subject to a &#8220;political decision,&#8221; Israelis are given the opportunity to gain a &#8220;pardon&#8221; through the president:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/print-edition\/news\/israel-s-justice-minister-advises-rightists-on-how-to-seek-pardons-for-jewish-terrorists-1.412913\">Israel&#8217;s Justice Minister Advises Rightists on How to Seek Pardons for Jewish Terrorists<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Haaretz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Britain wants Abu Qatada tried in &#8220;a court in which evidence brought about by torture is not admissible.&#8221; The Jordanian prince replies, &#8220;That is rich coming from a country that believed in rendition agreements&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-17064903\">Abu Qatada: No Assurances from Prince Hassan of Jordan<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Tunisia&#8217;s Grand Mufti responds to the successive visits to Tunisia by radical clerics by saying, &#8220;Tunisia has been Islamic for 14 centuries and we don&#8217;t need them,&#8221; fearing the spread of radical ideology in the country. Yet, is avoiding and suppressing such voices an adequate solution when the majority of Islamic parties grew through regime suppression?<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2012\/Feb-15\/163387-tunisia-group-sues-visiting-radical-egyptian-preacher.ashx#axzz1mWcPxGPi\">Tunisia Group Sues Visiting Radical Egyptian Preacher\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Daily Star)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;When Saudi women get a chance to compete for their country, they will raise the flag so high&#8230;. Women can achieve a lot, because we are very talented and we are crazy about sports&#8221; &#8212; Saudi soccer coach Reema Abdullah:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/Sports\/Football\/2012\/Feb-16\/163522-saudi-female-athletes-challenge-muslim-norms.ashx#axzz1mYsj1FEb\">Saudi Female Athletes Challenge Muslim Norms<\/a> (Daily Star)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"U.S., Afghans in Taliban Talks \" href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204792404577225593694847990.html?mod=WSJ_World_LeadStory\" target=\"_blank\">Karzai says secret talks are being held between the US, Afghanistan, and the Taliban<\/a>, but <a title=\"Daily Brief: Taliban will not negotiate with Karzai - report\" href=\"http:\/\/afpak.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2012\/02\/15\/taliban_will_not_negotiate_with_karzai_report\" target=\"_blank\">the Taliban deny such negotiations have taken place; <\/a>does the truth lie in the middle?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/02\/16\/us-afghanistan-taliban-idUSTRE81F07D20120216?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.-Taliban Talks Only &#8220;Exploratory&#8221;: Afghan Envoy<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The unintended consequences of NATO&#8217;s intervention in Libya, &#8220;Thousands of Tuareg moved over the years &#8230; to Libya, mainly attracted to the better standard of living there&#8230;. As the Qaddafi regime began to fall most of these Tuareg &#8230; headed back to Mali &#8230; with &#8230; weapons and vehicles. The head of the NMLA&#8217;s military wing is a former Libyan colonel&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Africa\/2012\/0215\/Did-Qaddafi-downfall-prompt-Mali-s-Tuareg-revolt?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29\">Did Qaddafi Downfall Prompt Mali&#8217;s Tuareg Revolt?<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>In Pakistan, extremists and politicians are rallying hand in hand threatening civil disobedience if Pakistan were to reopen its western border to NATO and US military supply for the war. Given the link between the army and the extremists, one wonders who wants what?<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/bound-by-hatred-of-the-us-pakistan-extremists-and-politicians-join-hands-to-shake-government\/2012\/02\/15\/gIQA3CG6FR_story.html\">Bound by Hatred of the US, Pakistan Extremists and Politicians Join Hands to Shake Government <\/a>(AP \/ Washington Post with Foreign Policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A story about Jews and Muslims who &#8220;have only praise for each other because they are volunteer paramedics who &#8220;are taking note of the most important aspects of their faiths: preserving human lives and justice&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commongroundnews.org\/article.php?id=31004&amp;lan=en&amp;sp=0\">The Life of a Heart: Muslims and Jews Saving Lives Together<\/a> (Common Ground)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultra-conservative Islamist Presidential candidate Hazem Salah is calling on Egyptians to raise money in order to end the US annual aid to Egypt. 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