{"id":82087,"date":"2020-05-11T11:54:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82087"},"modified":"2020-05-11T11:54:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:54:32","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-11-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82087","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/11\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thinking like a state: Fined if you do (cover for religious reasons) and fined if you don&#8217;t (cover because the government orders it): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/france-face-masks-coronavirus\/2020\/05\/09\/6fbd50fc-8ae6-11ea-80df-d24b35a568ae_story.html\">France Mandates Masks to Control the Coronavirus. Burqas Remain Banned<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the importance of highlighting &#8220;stories of Muslim contribution [to the fight against fascism] to break the far-right myth that Islam is foreign to the European countries and elsewhere&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/perspectives\/muslim-contributions-to-the-soviet-and-allied-victory-over-nazi-germany-36185\">Muslim Contributions to the Soviet And Allied Victory over Nazi Germany<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The dictator gives himself and security agencies even more powers on the pretext of preventing the spread of covid-19: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/africa\/as-coronavirus-spreads-in-egypt-sissi-sees-opportunity-to-tighten-his-grip\/2020\/05\/10\/11a840be-92a5-11ea-87a3-22d324235636_story.html\">As Coronavirus Spreads in Egypt, Sissi Sees Opportunity to Tighten His Grip<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On a formal technicality, the ICC rejects Australia request made at Israel&#8217;s behest over a jurisdictional technicality, having ruled that on substance there is sufficient evidence of war crimes in the West Bank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/may\/10\/australian-government-tells-icc-it-should-not-investigate-alleged-war-crimes-in-palestine\">Australian Government Tells ICC It Should Not Investigate Alleged War Crimes in Palestine<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Walid Fitaihi modernized the Saudi medical system; now &#8220;he and seven members of his family, all U.S. citizens, are banned from leaving Saudi Arabia, and their Saudi assets are frozen&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/while-mbs-rules-the-us-saudi-partnership-isnt-likely-to-flourish\/2020\/05\/10\/7cb4750a-9078-11ea-9e23-6914ee410a5f_story.html\">A Lesson from a Saudi Doctor<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Abdul Pathan of Williamsburg Islamic Center delineates the Islamic universal guidelines during difficult times like the corona virus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcentralpa.com\/community\/faith\/the-teaching-of-islam-in-times-of-crisis\/article_85f881ea-913d-11ea-b28c-53d9d4effcb0.html\">The Teaching of Islam in Times of Crisis<\/a> (NorthcentralPA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With the threat the coronavirus poses to prisoners&#8217; lives, an Iranian spokesman hopes &#8220;the U.S. government will eventually prefer lives to politics,&#8221; but a US spokesman denies any offer has been made:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/newsclicks.in\/iran-seeks-unconditional-talks-on-prisoner-swap\/\">Iran Seeks Unconditional Talks on Prisoner Swap<\/a> (Newsclicks)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Since 9\/11 educators report that the topic of Islam has been difficult to teach [due in part to] their unfamiliarity with the Islamic faith and unfamiliarity with the legalities involved with teaching about religion&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/irdproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Challenging-Islamophobia-in-Public-Schools-V5.pdf\">Challenging Islamophobia in Public Schools<\/a> (IRD Project)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking like a state: Fined if you do (cover for religious reasons) and fined if you don&#8217;t (cover because the government orders it): France Mandates Masks to Control the Coronavirus. 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