{"id":81736,"date":"2020-04-04T05:55:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T10:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81736"},"modified":"2020-04-04T05:55:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T10:55:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-4-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81736","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/4\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trump says he would help Iran if they asked, but they haven&#8217;t asked for medical help&#8211;only that the U.S. keep it&#8217;s promise to end sanctions &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/trump-grilled-punishing-iran-sanctions-coronavirus-crisis-200403092935715.html\">Trump Grilled on Punishing Iran Sanctions amid Coronavirus Crisis<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; so his administration hints that he is ready for war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/02\/iran-hits-back-after-trump-claims-it-is-planning-iraq-attacks\">Iran Hits Back After Trump Claims It Is Planning Iraq Attacks<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/03\/30\/trump-iran-war-coronavirus\/\">Beware of Trump Using the Coronavirus as a Cover for War With Iran<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Forced cremations during coronavirus crisis flout WHO guidelines&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org.uk\/press-releases\/sri-lanka-muslim-covid-19-victims-cremated-against-families-wishes\">Sri Lanka: Muslim COVID-19 Victims Cremated Against Families&#8217; Wishes<\/a> (Amnesty International)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A Muslim-led crowdfunding campaign has raised nearly $500,000 to offer micro-grants to low-income American families whose livelihoods have been hurt by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2020\/04\/03\/muslim-groups-join-forces-to-raise-500000-for-coronavirus-relief\/\">Muslim Groups Join Forces to Raise $500,000 for Coronavirus Relief Grants<\/a> (Religion News Service)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Muslims are not a monolith &#8230; This is not <em>The<\/em> Muslim love story, it&#8217;s <em>A<\/em> Muslim love story&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/04\/02\/818351398\/want-to-hear-a-frank-funny-muslim-love-story-that-can-be-arranged\">Want to Hear a Frank, Funny &#8216;Muslim Love Story&#8217;? &#8216;That Can Be Arranged&#8217;<\/a> (NPR) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalists are concerned by Iran&#8217;s &#8220;decision to suspend all newspaper printing and  distribution in the country, where newsgathering and distribution is  already tightly restricted&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2020\/03\/iran-bans-printing-of-all-newspapers-citing-spread.php\">Iran Bans Printing of All Newspapers, Citing Spread of Coronavirus<\/a> (Committee to Protect Journalists)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/health-official-says-israel-may-need-to-medically-annex-west-bank\"> Israeli officials threaten medical annexation of the West Bank<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; Israeli settlers exploit the lockdown to spring a wave of violence against the indigenous people &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-as-coronavirus-spreads-in-west-bank-palestinians-also-face-greater-settler-violence-1.8735820\">As Coronavirus Spreads in West Bank, Palestinians Also Face Greater Settler Violence<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2020\/04\/in-the-midst-of-global-pandemic-israeli-occupation-thrives\/\">In the Midst of Global Pandemic, Israeli Occupation Thrives<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but Palestinians resist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/celebrating-land-day-lockdown-palestine-200329162501923.html\">Commemorating Land Day amid Lockdown in Palestine<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After a Muslim missionary\ngroup was slow to comply with the physical distancing guidelines, Hindu\nnationalists started false rumors that Muslims were deliberately engaging in\n&#8220;Coronajihad&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5815264\/coronavirus-india-islamophobia-coronajihad\/\">It Was Already Dangerous To Be Muslim in India. Then\n     Came the Coronavirus<\/a> (Time)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommended reading while waiting for the crisis to pass:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2020\/04\/heres-10-books-on-palestine-to-read-while-social-distancing\/\">Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 10 Books on Palestine to Read While Social Distancing<\/a> (Mondoweiss)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says he would help Iran if they asked, but they haven&#8217;t asked for medical help&#8211;only that the U.S. keep it&#8217;s promise to end sanctions &#8230; Trump Grilled on Punishing Iran Sanctions amid Coronavirus Crisis (Al-Jazeera) &#8230; so his administration hints that he is ready for war: Iran Hits Back After Trump Claims It Is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81736","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\/81736","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81736"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81747,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81736\/revisions\/81747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}