{"id":762,"date":"2008-09-03T11:07:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T16:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=762"},"modified":"2008-09-03T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T16:53:06","slug":"news-and-analysis-9308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=762","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/3\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confronted with mounting evidence of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minaret.org\/grandjury.pdf\">grand jury abuse<\/a>, judge expresses &#8220;significant concerns about (the) conduct of the prosecutor&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/courts\/criminal\/article794138.ece\">Al-Arian, ex-USF Professor, Released from Prison <\/a>(St. Petersburg Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Women&#8217;s rights are protected from shelved legislation, but four activists are sentenced to prison:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-marriage3-2008sep03,0,6145622.story\">In Iran, Women&#8217;s Rights Activists Score Victory On Marriage Legislation<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Muslim woman refuses to talk to an imam about the permissibility of her hospital employer&#8217;s &#8220;bare below the elbow&#8221; hygiene policy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/berkshire\/7593827.stm\">Muslim Quits Over Bare Arm Policy<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Raids incite calls for armed forces &#8220;to defend the sovereignty of the country and give a befitting reply&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSISL18218420080903?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;sp=true\">Suspected U.S. Troops Kill 20 in Pakistan Attack<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A forgone conclusion, the eleven-year peace process between the Philippines and Muslim separatists is over:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSSP6035120080903?sp=true\">Philippines Ends Peace Talks with Muslim Rebels<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Confidence in Iraqi Government grows during holy month of Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq3-2008sep03,0,7892122.story\">In Iraq, Muslims Hope for Calm During Ramadan<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli border policemen await sentencing after appalling conduct in the West Bank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/world\/AP-Israel-Palestinian-Killed.html?ref=world\">2 Police Convicted in Death of Palestinian Teen<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Four years after rejection by Greek Cypriots, the reunification of the island is back on the table:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/europe\/2008\/09\/200893121152456297.html\">Cypriot Leaders Begin Peace Talks<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confronted with mounting evidence of grand jury abuse, judge expresses &#8220;significant concerns about (the) conduct of the prosecutor&#8221;: Al-Arian, ex-USF Professor, Released from Prison (St. Petersburg Times) Women&#8217;s rights are protected from shelved legislation, but four activists are sentenced to prison: In Iran, Women&#8217;s Rights Activists Score Victory On Marriage Legislation (LA Times) A Muslim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","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\/762","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}