{"id":678,"date":"2008-06-05T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2008-06-05T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=678"},"modified":"2008-06-05T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2008-06-05T16:01:44","slug":"news-and-analysis-6508","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/5\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>King Abdullah presides over international gathering of Muslim scholars in Mecca who are urged to strengthen interfaith and intrafaith relations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/06\/04\/AR2008060401651_pf.html\">Saudi King Opens Conference On Interfaith Dialogue<\/a> (Associated Press\/Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ronni Abergel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Living Library uses an innovative way of debunking social stereotypes by allowing one to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153loan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d someone, including a Muslim:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0605\/p01s02-wogn.htm\">Borrow A Muslim? A &#8216;Living Library&#8217; To Prick Stereotypes<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bush seeks imperialist deal with Maliki that would maintain the occupation by controlling Iraqi airspace, arrest whoever it wants with impunity and conduct military operations without the consultation of Baghdad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/revealed-secret-plan-to-keep-iraq-under-us-control-840512.html\">Revealed: Secret Plan To Keep Iraq Under US Control<\/a> (The Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former military Chief Prosecutor Morris Davis says the trials of 9\/11 plotters are tainted by political manipulation and torture-based evidence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-tribunal5-2008jun05,0,4412978.story\">Officer Calls Sept. 11 Cases Tainted<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bangladesh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s military junta announces 12,000 people have been arrested in its year-long \u00e2\u20ac\u0153anti-corruption drive\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, but politicians and human rights groups accuse it of torture and arbitrary arrests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/05\/world\/asia\/05bangla.html?_r=1&#038;ref=world&#038;oref=slogin\">Nearly 12,000 Are Arrested in Bangladesh<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Internet posting &#8220;signed by one Mustafa Abu al-Yazid&#8221; threatens Denmark with more attacks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/7437037.stm\">&#8216;Al-Qaeda&#8217; Claims Pakistan Attack<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Abdullah presides over international gathering of Muslim scholars in Mecca who are urged to strengthen interfaith and intrafaith relations: Saudi King Opens Conference On Interfaith Dialogue (Associated Press\/Washington Post) Ronni Abergel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Living Library uses an innovative way of debunking social stereotypes by allowing one to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153loan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d someone, including a Muslim: Borrow A Muslim? A [&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-678","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\/678","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=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}