{"id":823,"date":"2008-10-31T10:07:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T15:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=823"},"modified":"2008-10-31T10:41:52","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T15:41:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-103108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=823","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/31\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McCain continues to campaign with ignorance and bigotry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/30\/AR2008103003244.html\">An &#8216;Idiot Wind&#8217;<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Illegally profiling of Muslim immigrants conducted by the Department of Homeland Security:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/31\/us\/31inquire.html?_r=1&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss&#038;oref=slogin\">Inquiry Targeted 2,000 Foreign Muslims in 2004<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Using Sharia law for guidance, Islamic banking practices are quickly gaining popularity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/30\/AR2008103004434.html\">Islamic Banking: Steady in Shaky Times<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hoping to reduce sectarian divisions, defense minister bans running for political office, working on political campaigns, attending political demonstrations, or join any political organizations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/31\/world\/middleeast\/31iraq.html?ref=world\">Iraqi Ministry Adopts Political Neutrality<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Struggling to survive, street vendors express frustration with the Iraqi government and military:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2008\/10\/iraq-2.html\">IRAQ: Market in Ruins After Bulldozers Move in<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bush administration must release Hamdan on December 31 or continue to imprison him as an &#8220;enemy combatant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/30\/AR2008103004661.html\">Judge Rejects Government Call to Reconsider Hamdan Sentence<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Insurgents have carried out a number of high-profile attacks despite heavy guard in Kabul:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1031\/p04s01-wosc.html\">Insurgents Increasingly Employing Complex Attacks in Afghanistan <\/a>(Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McCain continues to campaign with ignorance and bigotry: An &#8216;Idiot Wind&#8217; (Washington Post) Illegally profiling of Muslim immigrants conducted by the Department of Homeland Security: Inquiry Targeted 2,000 Foreign Muslims in 2004 (NY Times) Using Sharia law for guidance, Islamic banking practices are quickly gaining popularity: Islamic Banking: Steady in Shaky Times (Washington Post) Hoping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-823","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\/823","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}