{"id":65,"date":"2006-09-05T11:22:50","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T16:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=65"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:39:30","slug":"news-and-analysis-90506","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/05\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Former Iranian President urged American Muslims to rescue public opinion \u00e2\u20ac\u0153from the grips of ignorance and blunder\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6through active participation in the social arena&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/09\/03\/AR2006090300188.html\">Khatami: U.S. Policies Trigger Terrorism<\/a> (AP\/Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153To the government, they were a terrorist risk in the Washington area. To local Muslims, they were unfairly singled out for prosecution and severe sentences in a post-9\/11 world.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/09\/02\/AR2006090201096.html\">Hardball Tactics in an Era of Threats<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Former Guantanamo prisoners face further persecution upon return to Russia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/09\/02\/AR2006090200452.html\">Russian Homeland No Haven For Ex-Detainees, Activists Say<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">9-11&#8217;s effect on young American Muslims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/09\/03\/AR2006090300972.html\">Young U.S. Muslims Strive for Harmony<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Article chronicling Salafism among Washington area Muslims quotes MFI President, Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/09\/04\/AR2006090401107.html\">For Conservative Muslims, Goal of Isolation a Challenge<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Somalia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interim government and the Union of Islamic Courts come to a fragile agreement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/5314606.stm\">Somali Rivals Agree on Joint Army<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Academic freedom under attack again in Iran as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for liberal and secular university lecturers to be removed.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/5316634.stm\">Iran&#8217;s Liberal Lecturers Targeted<\/a> (BBC News)<span \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Iranian President urged American Muslims to rescue public opinion \u00e2\u20ac\u0153from the grips of ignorance and blunder\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6through active participation in the social arena&#8221; Khatami: U.S. Policies Trigger Terrorism (AP\/Washington Post) \u00e2\u20ac\u0153To the government, they were a terrorist risk in the Washington area. 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