{"id":81918,"date":"2020-04-25T15:46:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T20:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81918"},"modified":"2020-04-25T15:46:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T20:46:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-25-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81918","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/25\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cancelling Islamic rituals has precedents in Islamic history such as the pilgrimage cancellations during the cholera outbreaks of  1837 and 1846:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/epidemics-war-impacted-muslim-worship-history-200420210254391.html\">Epidemics, War Have Impacted Muslim Worship Throughout History<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The state has silenced politicians, the pulpit, and other sections of  the society&#8221; and now goes after the &#8220;few independent media voices&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/asia-pacific\/-police-action-against-scribes-to-silence-voices-in-kashmir-\/1818232\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPolice Action Against Scribes to Silence Voices in Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Andalou Agency)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As different states look at different scapegoats for their failures in dealing with the Coronavirus, India blames it favorite target:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/islamophobia-after-large-cluster-affects-indias-virus-fight\/2020\/04\/25\/8d7ef4b0-86b8-11ea-81a3-9690c9881111_story.html\">Indian Muslims Face Stigma, Blame for Surge in Infections<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the Palestinian population&#8217;s young average age, only two of the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/english.wafa.ps\/page.aspx?id=BCZwGOa116863847364aBCZwGO\">484 reported coronavirus cases <\/a>as of April 24 &#8230; have died so far&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2020\/04\/occupation-palestinians-palestinian.html\">Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Occupation Policies may Contribute to deaths of Many Elderly Palestinians, But Palestinian Youth are Poised to Flourish<\/a> (Informed Comment)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but while Israel&#8217;s stranglehold on the Occupied Territories has delayed the outbreak of Coronavirus there, but will leave them &#8220;weakly positioned to cope when contagion kicks in more forcefully&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathan-cook.net\/2020-04-25\/palestinian-ramadan-virus-occupier\/\">Palestinians Hunker Down for Ramadan, Facing a Virus that Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Discriminate but an Occupier that Does<\/a> (Palestinian Deep Dive \/ Jonathan Cook)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>President Rouhani promises Iran would never be the one to shoot first, but IRGC leader General Hossein Salami has ordered the navy &#8220;to destroy any American terrorist force in the Persian Gulf  that threatens .. 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