{"id":81538,"date":"2020-03-11T06:33:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T11:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81538"},"modified":"2020-03-11T06:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T11:33:10","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-11-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81538","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/11\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The story of how Palestinian women cope with the unbearable living conditions Israeli has imposed upon Gaza:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.btselem.org\/20200308_womens_day_overcoming_odds_in_gaza\">Overcoming the Odds: Five Women, Five Stories of Entrepreneurship and Ingenuity. Gaza, 2020<\/a> (B&#8217;tselem)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>19th century British women were active in the religious development of the Muslim community, a&nbsp;forgotten legacy: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-forgotten-women-who-helped-to-build-british-islam-131794\">The Forgotten Women Who Helped to Build British&nbsp;Islam <\/a>(The Conversation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The director general of the IAEA says that notwithstanding its claim no longer to be bound by the JCPOA since Trump&#8217;s unilateral violation, Iran hasn&#8217;t further exceeded the limits in over two months: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/world\/2020\/03\/09\/un-atomic-watchdog-iran-still-providing-nuclear-site-access\/\">UN Watchdog: Iran Providing Access to Active Nuclear Sites<\/a> (WJXT-News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He has put affection between their hearts; not if you had spent all that is in the earth, could you have produced that affection, but God has done it; for He is Exalted in might, Wise&#8221; &#8212; Qur&#8217;an [8:63]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/man-sent-anti-muslim-tweets-political-candidate-who-then-helped-n1154581\">Man Sent Anti-Muslim Tweets to a Political Candidate Who then Helped Pay His Medical Debt<\/a> (NBC  News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An artist in Kashmir laments, &#8220;I made absolutely nothing for at least the first 30 days [of the lockdown]. After that, I  had to force myself into doing something, for the sake of my own  sanity&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-51486341\">How Kashmir&#8217;s Artists Are Portraying Life Under Lockdown<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while India&#8217;s powerful working-class displays unity and solidarity in  protests of BJP&#8217;s discriminatory anti-Muslim and anti-immigration legislation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberationnews.org\/pogroms-india-backlash-opposition-anti-muslim-laws\/\">Pogroms in India a Backlash Against Mass Opposition to Anti-Muslim Laws<\/a> (Liberation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While other Democrats have also reached out to Muslims, political scientist Youssef Chouhoud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2019-09-20\/bernie-sanders-muslim-voters-2020\">told the Los Angeles Times<\/a> recently, &#8216;Sanders has done it first and done it bigger'&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2020\/03\/10\/why-bernie-sanders-brings-out-the-muslim-vote\/\">Bernie Sanders Has Brought Out the Muslim Vote in Ways I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve Never Seen Before<\/a> (Religion News Service)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Marquette University offering &#8220;Christian Muslim Dialogue Course), students are astonished by the similarities and commonalities between the two faiths:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/news\/local-news\/new-marquette-course-for-undergrads-spotlights-muslim-and-christian-faiths\">New Marquette Course for Undergrads Spotlights Muslim and Christian faiths<\/a> (WTMJ-TV)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Peace Now also denounced the plan&#8217;s approval&#8221; saying it &#8220;&#8216;would allow Israel to cut the West Bank in half,  build up E1 and the West Bank barrier, and shut down the possibility of  developing a viable Palestinian state&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/03\/palestinians-slam-israeli-road-plan-cut-west-bank-200310103159686.html\">Palestinians Slam Israeli Road Plan that Would Cut Off West Bank<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;  but bicycles provide a &#8220;way of thumbing the nose at occupation and connecting with the land&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/bike-blog\/2020\/mar\/10\/why-cycling-in-palestine-is-an-intensely-political-act\">Why Cycling in Palestine Is an Intensely Political Act<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran&#8217;s &#8220;conservatives are not homogeneous and are divided into several subgroups&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/03\/iran-next-parliament-impact-foreign-policy.html\">How Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Next Parliament Will Affect Foreign Policy<\/a> (Al-Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of how Palestinian women cope with the unbearable living conditions Israeli has imposed upon Gaza: Overcoming the Odds: Five Women, Five Stories of Entrepreneurship and Ingenuity. 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