{"id":780,"date":"2008-09-21T12:47:16","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T17:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=780"},"modified":"2008-09-21T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T17:47:16","slug":"news-and-analysis-92008-92108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/20\/08 &#8211; 9\/21\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More secular and more efficient, focused on fighting foreigners, the Taliban &#8220;forces operate in virtually every province and control many districts in areas ringing the capital:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/19\/AR2008091903980.html\">A Modernized Taliban Thrives in Afghanistan: Militia Operates a Parallel Government<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Devastating terrorist attack in Islamabad increases pressure on Pakistani government&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSLK18396120080921?sp=true\">Al Qaeda Suspected of Pakistan&#8217;s Marriott Bombing<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but Pakistan&#8217;s president vows to protect Pakistani sovereignty while rooting out terrorism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSISL34956620080920?sp=true\">Pakistan Will Not Tolerate Incursions: Zardari<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Originality is scarce&#8221; as advertisers cash in during holy month of Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-ramadan21-2008sep21,0,4604897.story\">With Piety, Ramadan Also Brings a Slew of TV Serials &#8212; and Ads<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some Muslim first ladies are returning to the role model provided by Hazrat Aisha:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/21\/AR2008092100675.html\">New in Gulf: Bigger Role for Some First Ladies<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iranian President and &#8220;Supreme Leader&#8221; differ on whether Israeli government or people are to blame for the plight of the Palestinians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iran20-2008sep20,0,554272.story\">Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Says Iran, Israel on &#8216;Collision Course&#8217; <\/a>(LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the most daunting task of rebuilding Iraq, Humoud Yakobi &#8220;is charged with attracting foreign visitors to his beleaguered country&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/21\/world\/middleeast\/21tourism.html?ref=world\">Promoting a Vision of Tourist Bliss in Baghdad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dusty Rubble<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Approval to construct a mosque in Cologne spurs anti-Islamic sentiment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/20\/AR2008092000825.html\">German Anti-Islam Rally Cancelled After Clashes<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More secular and more efficient, focused on fighting foreigners, the Taliban &#8220;forces operate in virtually every province and control many districts in areas ringing the capital:&#8221; A Modernized Taliban Thrives in Afghanistan: Militia Operates a Parallel Government (Washington Post) Devastating terrorist attack in Islamabad increases pressure on Pakistani government&#8230; Al Qaeda Suspected of Pakistan&#8217;s Marriott [&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-780","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\/780","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=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}