{"id":800,"date":"2008-10-08T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=800"},"modified":"2008-10-08T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T15:10:53","slug":"news-and-analysis-100808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=800","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/08\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Because the Constitution prohibits indefinite detention without cause, the government&#8217;s continued detention of the [detainees] is unlawful,&#8221; &#8211; Judge Urbina<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/07\/AR2008100700466.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">Chinese Muslims Ordered Released From Guantanamo<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sami Al-Arian&#8217;s appeal is rejected as he still faces charges for refusing to testify:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bostonherald.com\/news\/national\/south\/view\/2008_10_06_Terror_case:_Top_court_won_t_hear_ex-prof_s_appeal\/srvc=home&#038;position=recent\">Terror case: Top Court Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Hear Ex-Prof\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Appeal<\/a> (AP \/ Boston Herald)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The reconciliation process begins as Sunni and Shi&#8217;ite Muslims become neighbors again:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/07\/AR2008100702711.html?hpid=moreheadlines&#038;sid=ST2008100702802&#038;s_pos=\">For Sunnis, an Uneasy Return Home<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Investigation indicates civilian death toll higher than the 5 to 7 deaths initially reported by US military:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/08\/washington\/08inquiry.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin\">30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid, U.S. Inquiry Finds<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Circumstances seem to credit Islamic law in the development of English law but the theory is still missing key evidence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/magazine\/7631388.stm\">Is English Law Related to Muslim Law?<\/a> (BBC Magazine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Legal case targets the Israeli state for helping &#8220;land-robbers&#8221; through their actions and inaction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/services\/print\/print.asp?artid=115174&#038;d=7&#038;m=10&#038;y=2008&#038;hl=Israeli%20govt%20sued%20over%20settlement\">Israeli Govt Sued Over Settlement<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Because the Constitution prohibits indefinite detention without cause, the government&#8217;s continued detention of the [detainees] is unlawful,&#8221; &#8211; Judge Urbina Chinese Muslims Ordered Released From Guantanamo (Washington Post) Sami Al-Arian&#8217;s appeal is rejected as he still faces charges for refusing to testify: Terror case: Top Court Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Hear Ex-Prof\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Appeal (AP \/ Boston Herald) The [&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-800","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\/800","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=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}