{"id":81862,"date":"2020-04-18T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81862"},"modified":"2020-04-18T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T18:57:15","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-18-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81862","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/18\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Forget fake news about coronavirus being invented in a weapons lab; the real news is how Israel is weaponizing the virus &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-israeli-police-raid-palestinian-coronavirus-testing-clinic-in-east-jerusalem-1.8767788\">Israel Shuts Palestinian Coronavirus Testing Clinic in East Jerusalem<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/opinion\/.premium-israel-trading-in-ventilators-for-helpless-gazans-is-inhumane-1.8768709\">Israel Trading in Ventilators for Helpless Gazans Is Inhumane<\/a>  (Haaretz) <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2020\/04\/squatters-quarantine-palestinians.html\">Bio-Terror: Zombie Israeli Squatters with Covid-19 break Quarantine, Assault Palestinians at Close Quarters<\/a>  (Haaretz)  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; leaving Palestinians to fight &#8220;the coronavirus crisis using familiar tactics from half a century of Israeli military occupation&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/04\/17\/836876816\/palestinians-in-the-west-bank-improvise-checkpoints-to-help-fight-coronavirus\">Palestinians In The West Bank Improvise Checkpoints To Help Fight Coronavirus<\/a> (NPR \/ WAMA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The state denies it is happening, but a doctor reports,\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;Certain patients from the majority community were  not comfortable being in the same ward with patients of the minority  community&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/india-hospital-segregates-muslim-hindu-coronavirus-patients-200416080547650.html\">India Hospital Segregates Muslim and Hindu Coronavirus Patients<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[J]ournalists, human rights activists and Kurdish politicians languish in  prison on terrorism charges. Yet &#8230;, Istanbul has become a beacon of safety for persecuted people across the Muslim world&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/18\/how-istanbul-won-back-its-crown-as-heart-of-the-muslim-world\">How Istanbul Won Back Its Crown as Heart of the Muslim World<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Grocery shop owners &#8230; donate PPE to health workers, food to the elderly and even Easter eggs to local children.&#8221; A customer says, &#8220;That man deserves a knighthood&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/scottish-muslim-couple-winning-hearts-coronavirus-crisis-200416121115752.html\">The Scottish Muslim Couple Winning Hearts amid Coronavirus Crisis<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ask what I have to say, \/ but judge what I wear with pride. \/ I can climb mountains and cross oceans. \/ My spirit is free from prejudice freedom that Islam gives&#8221; &#8212;  from a poem she wrote, recited at her funeral:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/16\/world\/europe\/nora-illi-dead.html?auth=login-email&amp;login=email\">Nora Illi, Swiss Muslim Convert Who Sparked Controversy, Dies at 35<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Emgage supports Biden despite his snub of their the forum they co-hosted at ISNA&#8217;s last annual convention that &#8220;left some Muslim leaders <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/11\/muslim-ban-2020-democrats-trump-1456151\" target=\"_blank\">feeling<\/a> that&#8221; he was among &#8220;the contenders &#8230; all but ignoring them&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/04\/16\/top-muslim-political-group-backs-biden-190136\">Top Muslim Political Group Backs Biden<\/a> (Politico)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The coronavirus lockdown in Kashmir has paused neither the Indian aggression or the rebel insurgency:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2020\/04\/18\/world\/asia\/ap-as-kashmir-fighting.html\">3 Indian Soldiers Killed, 2 Wounded in Kashmir Rebel Attack<\/a>  (NY Times) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran partially lifts its lockdown &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20200418-sanctions-hit-iran-gambles-on-partial-covid-19-lockdown-exit\">Sanctions-hit Iran Gambles on Partial Covid-19 Lockdown Exit<\/a> (France 24)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while Pakistan permits congregational prayers on conditions including that &#8220;worshippers would  maintain a 6-foot &#8230; distance from each other instead of &#8230; praying shoulder-to-shoulder&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/2020\/04\/18\/world\/asia\/18reuters-health-coronavirus-pakistan-mosques.html?auth=login-email&amp;login=email\">Pakistan Lifts Limit on Mosque Congregations as Muslim Holy Month Approaches<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Acquiring combat drones &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/iran-acquires-three-bomb-carrying-drones-capable-of-900-mile-range\">Iran Acquires Three Bomb-Carrying Drones Capable of 900-Mile Range<\/a> (Daily Beast)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and aspirating to nuclear subs, Iran explains, &#8220;We are at our own home, while they (Americans) have come from the other  side of the world and are creating problems for the regional countries  with threats and sanctions&#8221;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/iran-says-it-wants-nuclear-subs-to-power-up-fleet-after-us-navy-incident\/ar-BB12Nj2Y\">Iran Says It Wants Nuclear Subs to Power Up Fleet After U.S. Navy Incident<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget fake news about coronavirus being invented in a weapons lab; the real news is how Israel is weaponizing the virus &#8230; Israel Shuts Palestinian Coronavirus Testing Clinic in East Jerusalem (Haaretz) Israel Trading in Ventilators for Helpless Gazans Is Inhumane (Haaretz) Bio-Terror: Zombie Israeli Squatters with Covid-19 break Quarantine, Assault Palestinians at Close Quarters [&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-81862","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\/81862","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=81862"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81873,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81862\/revisions\/81873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}