{"id":6439,"date":"2012-03-09T06:16:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T11:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6439"},"modified":"2012-03-09T06:16:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T11:16:25","slug":"news-and-analysis-3912","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6439","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/9\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&#8220;In a rare public criticism of the New York Police Department, the top FBI official in New Jersey said Wednesday that the department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s surveillance of Muslims in the state has hindered investigations and created &#8216;additional risks&#8217; in counterterrorism&#8221;:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/on-faith\/head-of-nj-fbi-speaks-out-on-nypd-operations-says-public-trust-damaged-in-nj-law-enforcement\/2012\/03\/07\/gIQAZmA7wR_story.html\">NJ FBI Official Says NYPD Monitoring of Muslims Caused \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRisks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Terror Investigations<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>The highest ranking civilian to abandon President Bashar al-Assad since the uprising erupted a year ago announces his resignation and the rebels reject dialogue as long as the bloodshed persists:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Latest-News-Wires\/2012\/0308\/Syria-s-deputy-oil-minister-defects-to-protest-Assad-crackdown?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29\">Syria&#8217;s Deputy Oil Minister Defects to Protest Assad Crackdown<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/03\/09\/us-syria-annan-idUSBRE82802H20120309?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\">Syrian Rebels Reject Annan&#8217;s Call for Dialogue<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>If the investigation whose targets &#8220;include TV personalities Yosri Fouda and Reem Maged, former Google executive Wael Ghonim, the celebrated author Alaa Al Aswany and lawmaker Ziad el-Elaimy, who has refused to apologize for publicly describing Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top general &#8230; as a donkey &#8230; leads to prosecutions, the case could spur international outrage&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/american-appears-as-defendant-in-cairo-courtroom\/2012\/03\/08\/gIQA1GxFzR_story.html\">Top Egyptian Activists Under Investigation by Military Prosecutor<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Sarkozy &#8220;scrambled Wednesday to dispel concerns in the Jewish and Muslim communities after criticizing the ritual slaughter of animals for kosher and halal meat&#8221;:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com\/news\/world\/254704\/347\/French-premier-reaches-out-to-Jews-Muslims\">French Premier Reaches Out to Jews, Muslims<\/a> (9news)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The narrative about Muslim women spun by others &#8212; and propagated in the media and popular culture &#8212; as silent, submissive and oppressed, is one that neither of us recognize in ourselves, the women in our families, or the women we have met over the years through our work within the Muslim community both in the United States and abroad&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ayesha-mattu-and-nura-maznavi\/hearing-muslim-women-on-international-womens-day_b_1332303.html\">Muslim Women Take Back the Mic on International Women&#8217;s Day<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the aftermath of the &#8220;Facebook Revolutions,&#8221; Iran further dreads the dangers of the Internet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/it-pro\/government-it\/irans-leader-sets-up-internet-control-group-20120308-1uljq.html\">\u00c2\u00a0Iran&#8217;s Leader Sets Up Internet Control Group<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Sydney Morning Herald)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;While Obama should continue to apologize for the Quran burnings, we must understand that the Afghans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rage is a response to an even deeper, rawer wound&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/Opinion\/Commentary\/2012\/Mar-08\/165925-americas-islamic-blind-spots-are-obvious-in-afghanistan.ashx#axzz1oV52DWPC\">America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Islamic Blind Spots Are Obvious in Afghanistan<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Daily Star)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A western official said the document was about the long-delayed handover of detention facilities from US to Afghan control. 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