{"id":774,"date":"2008-09-14T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T18:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=774"},"modified":"2008-09-14T15:17:36","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T20:17:36","slug":"news-and-analysis-91308-91408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=774","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/13\/08 &#8211; 9\/14\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The man who argued for punishing suspected drug pushers without even charging them is now in the spotlight for a similarly contemptuous attitude towards Muslims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/13\/AR2008091302275.html\">Relentless Terrorism Prosecutor Faces Accusations of His Own<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anwar Ibrahim \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one of the leading proponents of the idea that Islam and liberal democracy are complementary\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, claims to have enough votes to gain control of Malaysia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s government:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/14\/world\/asia\/14malaysia.html?_r=1&#038;ref=world&#038;oref=slogin\">Malaysian Seeks End to Decades of Firm Rule<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once considered relatively safe, violence increases in Lowgar providence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-afghan14-2008sep14,0,2653748.story\">Provincial Governor Killed in Afghanistan<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli troops claim non-lethal techniques were used except for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one live bullet\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which took the life of a Palestinian teenager:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSLD34322420080913\">Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian in West Bank<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Insurgents attack aimed at TV crew dedicated to helping Iraqis during Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq14-2008sep14,0,5338409.story\">Iraq Militants Target TV crew<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Khaled Meshaal supports \u00e2\u20ac\u0153reconciliation among Palestinians provided there was no external pressure and all issues were discussed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSLE46145820080914?pageNumber=2&#038;virtualBrandChannel=0&#038;sp=true\">Hamas Backs Reconciliation but Rejects Pressure<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A group calling itself \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Indian Mujahideen\u00e2\u20ac\u009d takes responsibility for deadly blast, further damaging relations and prospects for peace:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/13\/AR2008091301215.html\">Controlled Blasts Kill at Least 22 At Busy Markets in New Delhi <\/a>(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man who argued for punishing suspected drug pushers without even charging them is now in the spotlight for a similarly contemptuous attitude towards Muslims: Relentless Terrorism Prosecutor Faces Accusations of His Own (Washington Post) Anwar Ibrahim \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one of the leading proponents of the idea that Islam and liberal democracy are complementary\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, claims to have [&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-774","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\/774","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=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}