{"id":65064,"date":"2019-12-04T22:35:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T03:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=65064"},"modified":"2019-12-04T22:35:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T03:35:29","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-4-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=65064","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/4\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When U.S. politicians go out of control for political gain: Stella, the <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">Republican<\/g> challenger to Ilham Omar didn&#8217;t hesitate to give falls allegations and suggest Omar should be hanged: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2019\/12\/under-republicans-ilhan.html\">Back to Jim Crow Under Trump: &#8216;Lynch her&#8221; is Republican&#8217;s Big Idea to Deal with Rep. Ilhan Omar<\/a> (Informed Comment)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Uighur bill which was passed as 407-1 required to condemn the abuse against Muslims, still awaits President&#8217;s signature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/12\/04\/us-house-approves-bill-calling-for-tougher-response-to-china-muslim-detainment-camps.html\">US House Approves Bill that Calls for Sanctioning Chinese Officials over Muslim Detainment Camps<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[F]or more than a decade &#8230; the status-quo in  Kashmir largely worked in India&#8217;s favour. &#8230; With the  detention of the leaders, things have changed&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-50513004\">Kashmir Conflict: Pro-India Politicians Feel &#8216;Betrayed&#8217; by Modi<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/pranavdixit\/kashmir-communications-blackout\" target=\"_blank\">shut down<\/a> of &#8220;Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s internet services &#8230; suggests that the Kashmiris who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been disappearing  from their WhatsApp groups this week did not do so on their own&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/pranavdixit\/hundreds-of-kashmiris-are-disappearing-from-their-whatsapp\"> Kashmiris Are Disappearing From WhatsApp<\/a> (BuzzFeed)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Religious and Islamic clemency should be shown and those innocent people who protested against petrol price hikes and were not armed &#8230; should be released&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/iran\/iran-s-rohani-calls-for-release-of-innocent-unarmed-protesters-1.8222006\">Iran&#8217;s Rohani Calls for Release of Innocent, Unarmed Protesters<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Grossi has said he will be &#8216;firm but fair&#8217; on inspections generally,  including in Iran, &#8230; [and that] he is satisfied with the work the IAEA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s inspections team has been  doing&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-un-nuclear-chief\/setting-iran-deadlines-might-not-be-the-best-idea-new-iaea-chief-idUSKBN1Y729X\">Setting Iran Deadlines &#8216;Might Not Be the Best Idea&#8217;: New IAEA Chief<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ignoring market realities, the IRGC export as much as &#8220;they could, based on demand figures that  were out of date, hence the discrepancy, hence the price hikes, hence  the protests&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/Irans-Most-Powerful-Oil-Man-Is-Under-Fire.html\">Iran&#8217;s Most Powerful Oil Man Is Under Fire<\/a> (Oil Price)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; yet, people in Iran still live normal life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/iran-photos-everyday-life-food-shopping-music-sanctions-2019-8\">These Photos Show What It&#8217;s Really Like in Iran, Where \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Despite Its Antagonistic Relationship with the US\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Life Is Surprisingly Normal<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In an anti-Muslim bias incident an Indiana man caused property damage, made violent threats to a Muslim man, and threatened to kill a bystander: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/charges-man-s-anti-muslim-bias-fuels-violent-tirade-outside-bloomington-apartments\/565778922\/\">Charges: Man&#8217;s Anti-Muslim Bias Fuels Violent Tirade Outside Bloomington Apartments<\/a> (Minneapolis Star Tribune)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli demolition of private homes &#8220;has skyrocketed in Jerusalem over the last year, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content\/record-number-demolitions-including-self-demolitions-east-jerusalem-april-2019\">around a third<\/a> of the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Palestinian population venerable to demolition &#8230; [in] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alhaq.org\/monitoring-documentation\/6677.html\">violation of the Geneva convention<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/video\/muslim-college-students-confronted-while-praying-f-you-and-all-your-family\/\">The Challenges of Parenting in Palestine<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When U.S. politicians go out of control for political gain: Stella, the Republican challenger to Ilham Omar didn&#8217;t hesitate to give falls allegations and suggest Omar should be hanged: Back to Jim Crow Under Trump: &#8216;Lynch her&#8221; is Republican&#8217;s Big Idea to Deal with Rep. Ilhan Omar (Informed Comment) The Uighur bill which was passed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65064","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\/65064","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\/122827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65064"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65411,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65064\/revisions\/65411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}