{"id":656,"date":"2008-05-09T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T20:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=656"},"modified":"2008-05-09T15:39:55","modified_gmt":"2008-05-09T20:39:55","slug":"news-and-analysis-5908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/9\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanon once more teeters on the brink of a civil war as Hezbollah takes over pro-government sections of West Beirut:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/articlebr.asp?edition_id=1&#038;categ_id=2&#038;article_id=91864\">Hezbollah Seizes Beirut Districts<\/a> (AFP\/Lebanon Daily Star)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More Islamophobia at play in the US presidential elections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/news\/2008\/Pastor_who_McCain_praised_said_Americas_0508.html\">Pastor Who McCain Praised said America&#8217;s Historic Mission was to &#8216;Destroy&#8217; Islam<\/a> (Raw Story)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/227\/story\/36410.html\">Where did the Web Rumors About Obama Come From?<\/a> (McClatchy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the initial waves made from the NY Times story about deliberate Iraq war disinformation, media outlets largely ignore it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dyn.politico.com\/printstory.cfm?uuid=C91CC155-3048-5C12-00ECB0E24C6D97E7\">&#8216;Deafening&#8217; Silence On Analyst Story<\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pakistan voices strong opposition to Gen. Jay Hood, former head of Guantanamo Bay prison, being top US military envoy to Islamabad\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/7392073.stm\">Pakistan Opposes US Military Aide<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6meanwhile, contradictory deals among various factions, with Asif Zardari at the center, led to general agreement of judge restoration, but not on their powers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/7393078.stm\">What to do With Pakistan&#8217;s Judges<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saudi female b-ball players hit the court despite the cultural restrictions thrown at them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/08\/AR2008050802088.html\">Underground Sport: Saudi Women Shed Veils To Play Basketball<\/a> (Associated Press\/Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maryland court rules that Islamic procedures for divorce are not legally valid in the US because they lack \u00e2\u20ac\u0153due process\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/07\/AR2008050703592_pf.html\">Islamic Divorce Ruled Not Valid in Maryland<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanon once more teeters on the brink of a civil war as Hezbollah takes over pro-government sections of West Beirut: Hezbollah Seizes Beirut Districts (AFP\/Lebanon Daily Star) More Islamophobia at play in the US presidential elections: Pastor Who McCain Praised said America&#8217;s Historic Mission was to &#8216;Destroy&#8217; Islam (Raw Story) Where did the Web Rumors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","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\/656","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}