{"id":81472,"date":"2020-03-06T06:56:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81472"},"modified":"2020-03-06T06:56:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:56:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-6-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81472","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/6\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a panel discussion for the CPAC on International\u00c2\u00a0religious\u00c2\u00a0freedom, Trump&#8217;s trip to India was described as great and the anti-Muslim Violence as a &#8220;not-one sided conflict&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/cpac-india-anti-muslim-islamophobia_n_5e5d789ac5b6732f50e6b30f\">Amid an Anti-Muslim Pogrom In India, A Search for Any Concern at CPAC<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; oblivious to the fact that &#8220;[t]he anti-Muslim ideology of the RSS is driving both the decisions of the  ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the pogroms &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=81472&amp;action=edit\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Government Has Done This\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Inside India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Pogrom<\/a> (The Nation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and that Modi&#8217;s attempt to recover from his six years of policy and economic setbacks lies at the heart of the mob violence targeting Muslims in India:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/q-and-a\/the-real-objective-of-mob-violence-against-muslims-in-india?source\">The Real Objective of Mob Violence Against Muslims in India<\/a> (New Yorker)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The new county commissioner says she &#8220;was driven to politics &#8230; after my best friend &#8230;, her husband &#8230; and younger sister &#8230; were brutally murdered in their home in Chapel Hill in a hate crime committed by their neighbor&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/486113-north-carolina-voters-make-history-after-electing-first-muslim-woman-to\">North Carolina Voters Make History by Electing First Muslim Woman to Hold Office<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>World Health Organization urges the world needs to stand together to fight the Coronavirus outbreak, and declares sanctions shall not apply to emergency aid &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/national\/102418\/who-iran-will-receive-help-to-fight-covid-19\">WHO: Iran Will Receive Help to Fight COVID-19 <\/a>(Financial Tribune)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  yet some pressure groups seek &#8220;to impose reputational costs on companies that engage in lawful and legitimate trade with Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to address the public health crisis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/03\/05\/iran-coronavirus-medicine-sanctions\/\">Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-Aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[T]he Iranian director who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2020\/feb\/29\/banned-iranian-director-wins-berlin-golden-bear-for-there-is-no-evil\">won the the top award at last month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Berlin film festival<\/a>, has been ordered to serve a one-year prison sentence over his movies&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2020\/mar\/04\/golden-bear-winner-mohammad-rasoulof-sentenced-jail-iran\">Golden Bear Winner Mohammad Rasoulof Sentenced to Jail in Iran<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Palestinians flocked to the Joint List party and denied the prime minister a majority. Now they could even help oust him&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/mar\/05\/palestinian-voters-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-joint-list-party\">Palestinian Voters Are the New Power Brokers in Israel, Much to Netanyahu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chagrin<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;On Friday, the settlers had made their first attempt to seize Mount Al-Urma but were repelled by hundreds of locals. The confrontation left 93 people injured by Israeli live fire and rubber bullets&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/our-mountain-palestinians-repel-settlers-emboldened-netanyahus-green-light\">&#8216;This Is Our Mountain&#8217;: Palestinians Repel Settlers Emboldened by Netanyahu&#8217;s Words<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A transcript of Bob Peck&#8217;s new documentary &#8220;Solidarity&#8221; reveals the untold Palestinian suffering and history of the Israeli <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">occupation<\/g>, colonization, and <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">apartheid<\/g>\u00c2\u00a0in Palestine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/documentary-solidarity-five-unknown-truths-israel-palestine\">New Documentary Explores Five Largely Unknown Truths about Israel\/Palestine<\/a> (The Real News Network)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In defiance of simple logic, &#8216;[t]he White House claims that Palestinian leaders will have only  themselves to blame if a plan they&#8217;ve rejected outright comes to  fruition without their approval&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/israel-annex-west-bank-jared-kushner-peace-plan-4f1249a5-190e-4a31-9574-38d17699ba1f.html\">U.S. to Approve Israeli Annexations Within Months if Palestinians Don&#8217;t Negotiate<\/a> (Axios)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican officials suggesting Islam and shariah not compatible with American ideology motivates Dr. Kasem of Islamic Association of Kokomo to recommend  a community Islamic education:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/kokomoperspective.com\/kp\/news\/local-muslim-community-hopes-for-educational-events\/article_8c4cbef4-5cbc-11ea-b028-e7238117090f.html\">Local Muslim Community Hopes for Educational Events <\/a>(Kokomo Perspective)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a panel discussion for the CPAC on International\u00c2\u00a0religious\u00c2\u00a0freedom, Trump&#8217;s trip to India was described as great and the anti-Muslim Violence as a &#8220;not-one sided conflict&#8221; &#8230; Amid an Anti-Muslim Pogrom In India, A Search for Any Concern at CPAC (Huffington Post) &#8230; oblivious to the fact that &#8220;[t]he anti-Muslim ideology of the RSS is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81472","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\/81472","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\/122827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81472"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81507,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81472\/revisions\/81507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}