{"id":81985,"date":"2020-05-02T15:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T20:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81985"},"modified":"2020-05-02T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T20:52:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-2-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81985","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/2\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fasting &#8220;can be difficult under normal circumstances for incarcerated people&#8230;. The Cook County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office is no longer allowing religious volunteers to conduct in-person services in the jail&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/herald-review.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/covid-19-brings-challenges-for-muslim-inmates-during-ramadan\/article_6b5f5f28-bf9e-5fe9-969e-dcd1f8fee8fa.html\">COVID-19 Brings Challenges for Muslim Inmates During Ramadan<\/a> (Injustice Watch \/ Herald &amp; Review)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Government officials piled some 9 tons of gold &#8212; an amount equal to about $500 million &#8212; on Tehran-bound jets this month as payment for Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s assistance in reviving Venezuela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crippled gasoline refineries&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-04-30\/iran-is-hauling-gold-bars-out-of-venezuela-s-almost-empty-vaults\">Iran Is Hauling Gold Bars Out of Venezuela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Almost-Empty Vaults<\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pompeo&#8217;s plan &#8220;to extend a conventional weapons embargo <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/08\/middleeast\/coronavirus-iran-us-donald-trump-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">on Tehran<\/a> that is legally set to end under the Iran nuclear deal, provoking anger and disbelief from European allies&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/29\/politics\/pompeo-iran-allies-pressure\/index.html\">US Splits with Allies Again as It Looks to Extend Iran Weapons Ban<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The keys to a successful prisoner swap are mutual interest, a like-for-like exchange, and a willingness to share the credit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/05\/iran-us-prisoner-exchange-xiyue-wang-trump-rezaian-zarif.html\">A Further Iran-US Prisoner Exchange Is Overdue<\/a> (Al-Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 27-year-old founder of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/muslimgirl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MuslimGirl.com<\/a> and &#8220;first Muslim woman to run for federal office from New Jersey&#8221; received a phone call filled with anti-Muslims racial slurs threatening to kill her and her family:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/activists-condemn-threat-muslim-congressional-candidate-200430180202695.html\">Activists Decry Threat Against Muslim Congressional Candidate<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By initiating gunfights with guerrilla fighters, jailing people for going to buy food and medicine, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/attack-outrage-kashmir-police-probing-journalists-200422085303518.html\" target=\"_blank\">bringing charges against journalists<\/a>, and beating doctors, paramedics and municipal workers, India is tightening its grip&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/04\/30\/india-is-using-pandemic-intensify-its-crackdown-kashmir\/\">India Is Using the Pandemic to Intensify Its Crackdown in Kashmir<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; 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