{"id":81840,"date":"2020-04-15T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81840"},"modified":"2020-04-15T05:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:00:40","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-15-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81840","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/15\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Juan Cole analyzes Trump&#8217;s totalitarian view of the power of the President:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2020\/04\/ayatollah-declares-authority.html\">Ayatollah Trump Declares \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Total Authority:\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Supreme Leader<\/a> (Informed Comment)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is so frustrating. Trying to download the guidelines for intensive  care management as proposed by docs in England. 24 Mbs and one  hour. Still not able to do so&#8221; &#8212; a Kashmiri doctor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/04\/13\/slow-internet-speeding-spread-coronavirus-kashmir-india-lockdown\/\">Slow Internet Is Speeding the Spread of the Coronavirus in Kashmiir<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The moments it took &#8220;to find the harasser and expel him from the room &#8230; felt like a lifetime as he spewed hate with a  voice that sounded empty, almost soulless. Even as none of us were  surprised, all of us were stunned&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2020\/04\/14\/our-muslim-health-forum-was-zoombombed-i-still-believe-good-humanity\">Our Muslim Health Forum Was Zoombombed. I Still Believe in the Good of Humanity<\/a> (America Magazine)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Having won a legal case against the U.S. effort to use Tehran $1.6 billion, frozen in Luxembourg, to pay victims of Sept. 11, Iran seeks to use the funds to buy medicine and other essentials to fight the pandemic &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-13\/iran-trying-to-gain-access-to-unfrozen-assets-to-fight-virus\">Iran Trying to Gain Access to Unfrozen Assets to Fight Virus<\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6  and now, the US alleges Iran would use released money to fund terrorism:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200412-iran-says-1-6-bn-claimed-by-us-released-in-luxembourg\">Iran Says $1.6 bn Claimed by <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">US<\/g> Released in Luxembourg <\/a>(France 24)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WHO advises burial of corona victims is as safe as cremation, but Sri Lanka  authorities defend the imposition of  cremation by citing the country&#8217;s groundwater level and time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/sri-lanka-ignores-muslim-protests-forces-cremation-for-coronavirus-victims-35373\"> Sir Lanka Ignores Muslim Protests, Forces Cremation for Coronavirus Victims<\/a> (TRT World) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because there were &#8220;no other relatives except his wife and young children;&#8221; Muslim neighbors made arrangements for Hindu rites and cremation for the Hindu cancer victim: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/national\/north-and-central\/coronavirus-lockdown-muslim-neighbours-carry-hindu-mans-bier-in-jaipur-825016.html\">Coronavirus Lockdown: Muslim <g class=\"gr_ gr_16 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"16\" data-gr-id=\"16\">Neighbours<\/g> Carry Hindu Man&#8217;s Bier in Jaipur<\/a> (Deccan Herald)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli officials disagree on dismantling of Iran&#8217;s nuclear capability before it reaches &#8220;a point of no return;&#8221; could Kochavi stop Netanyahu from starting a broader war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/the-coming-giant-internal-israeli-war-over-a-nuclear-iran-a-2010-rematch-624452\">The Coming Giant Internal Israeli War Over a Nuclear Iran \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A 2010 Rematch<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Cole analyzes Trump&#8217;s totalitarian view of the power of the President: Ayatollah Trump Declares \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Total Authority:\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Supreme Leader (Informed Comment) &#8220;This is so frustrating. 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