{"id":779,"date":"2008-09-19T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=779"},"modified":"2008-09-19T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T17:06:03","slug":"news-and-analysis-91908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=779","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/19\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man called the district governor for help, thinking the Nato forces raiding his house were <span id=\"Span1\" class=\"DetaildSuammary\">Taliban attackers; <\/span>Karzai calls his friend&#8217;s death &#8220;a misunderstanding&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"DetailedTitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/09\/2008918125844865901.html\">Afghan Chief Shot in Nato &#8216;Mistake&#8217;<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Citing the killing of an Iraqi in the market, Maliki refuses immunity for US army and contractors, threatening the extension the U.S. intervention beyond the year end:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/19\/world\/middleeast\/19diplo.html?partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\">Agreement With Iraq Over Troops Is at Risk<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Secularists and conservative clerics agree that al-Lihedan&#8217;s violent language goes too far, but another Saudi cleric says &#8220;Mickey Mouse should be killed&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/wire\/sns-ap-ml-mideast-tv-fatwa,1,5211075.story\">Many Arabs Denounce Saudi Cleric&#8217;s Edict for Killing Owners of &#8216;Immoral&#8217; TV Stations<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.. but Oprah provides medium for discussing local taboos while avoiding a &#8220;subversive&#8221; nature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/19\/world\/middleeast\/19oprah.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\">Saudi Women Find an Unlikely Role Model: Oprah<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Workers misunderstand Muslim intentions during Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/19\/AR2008091900675.html\">Plant workers: Fairness at Stake in Prayer Dispute<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Internet provides forum for debate between secularists and Islamists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-facebook19-2008sep19,0,7249441,full.story\">Facebook Reflects Struggle over Islam&#8217;s Role<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man called the district governor for help, thinking the Nato forces raiding his house were Taliban attackers; Karzai calls his friend&#8217;s death &#8220;a misunderstanding&#8221;: Afghan Chief Shot in Nato &#8216;Mistake&#8217; (Al Jazeera) Citing the killing of an Iraqi in the market, Maliki refuses immunity for US army and contractors, threatening the extension the U.S. [&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-779","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\/779","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=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}