{"id":6498,"date":"2012-03-21T05:29:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T10:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6498"},"modified":"2012-03-21T05:33:34","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T10:33:34","slug":"news-and-analysis-32112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6498","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/21\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The FBI arrested a Muslim merchant &#8220;the day before he was to participate in a press conference to detail what he charges are efforts to entrap him into some kind of terrorist-type activity and for introducing into his life a dangerous individual linked to fraud and murder&#8221;:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6505\">FBI Entrapment and Preemptive Prosecution: The Case of Khalifah Al-Akili<\/a> (Minaret of Freedom Institute)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;There are three key sources of tension that all need to be addressed: government-funded training that casts Islam as encouraging violence, surveillance of individuals and communities without a criminal predicate and the use of informants to goad individuals into criminal activities&#8221;:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/david-schanzer\/fbi-muslim-treatment_b_1368273.html\">Time to Reset Police-Muslim Relations<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Palestinian Christians fed up with Israeli propaganda blaming\u00c2\u00a0 Muslims \u00c2\u00a0for the plight Israel \u00c2\u00a0has inflicted upon them:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maannews.net\/eng\/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=469295\">Christian Leaders: Israeli Ambassador &#8216;Masks Reality&#8217; <\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Maan News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Muslims and Christians pray together in Egypt in mourning of Coptic Pope Shenouda. &#8220;He was a man inviting peace and love and brotherhood.\u00c2\u00a0 We send our condolences to our brothers the Copts on the loss of Pope Shenouda&#8221;:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/worldnews.msnbc.msn.com\/_news\/2012\/03\/20\/10774973-father-to-all-arabs-egyptians-mourn-death-of-coptic-pope\">Father to &#8216;All Arabs&#8217;: Egyptians Mourn Death of Coptic Pope<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(MSNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The attacks on Tuesday struck Shiite pilgrims in the holy city of Karbala, set cars on fire near a police headquarters in Kirkuk and targeted security forces and government officials in Baghdad. In all, insurgents struck eight cities in just under six hours, killing 46 and wounding 200 people&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/al-qaida-claims-responsibility-iraq-attacks-15968122#.T2mr_9VdDbw\">Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Iraq Attacks<\/a> (AP \/ abc News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The United Nations calls on Bahrain \u00c2\u00a0to investigate reports of protesters and bystanders killed by security forces.\u00c2\u00a0The Bahrain regime continues to speak softly and carry a big stick:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/03\/20\/world\/meast\/bahrain-unrest-report\/\">U.N.: Bahrain Must Probe Reported Protester Deaths<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2012\/03\/2012320174926385790.html\">Bahrain Lauds Progress as Critics Decry Delay<\/a> (Aljazeera English)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>Mrs, Clinton says that &#8220;Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Britain &#8230; made tough decisions to restrict oil sales [from Iran].\u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0European Union\u00c2\u00a0as a whole banned new purchases from Iran in January and is moving toward a complete ban by July 1&#8221;:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/21\/world\/middleeast\/obama-exempts-japan-and-10-european-nations-from-iran-sanctions-law.html?_r=2&amp;ref=middleeast&amp;fb_source=message\">Obama Exempts Japan and 10 European Nations From Iran Sanctions Law<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>France\u00c2\u00a0submitted to the Security Council on Monday a Western-drafted statement supporting U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan&#8217;s peace efforts in Syria and sending a strong message to Damascus to end violence against protesters, European diplomats said. And Damascus\u00c2\u00a0receives\u00c2\u00a0some of its toughest criticism from Russia yet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Europe\/2012\/0320\/Two-vetoes-later-Russia-says-it-will-now-back-UN-plan-on-Syria?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29\">Two Vetoes Later, Russia Says It Will Now Back UN Plan on Syria<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2012\/03\/19\/us-syria-un-idUSBRE82I0NP20120319\">Western Powers Draft New U.N. 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