{"id":82349,"date":"2020-06-05T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82349"},"modified":"2020-06-07T12:02:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T17:02:31","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-7-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82349","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/6\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although US denied on Tuesday any prisoner swap with Iran, the release of White, a US Navy veteran, came &#8220;a day after an Iranian scientist held by the American authorities was returned to Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/04\/world\/middleeast\/Iran-prisoner-michael-white.html\">Iran Frees Navy Veteran Held for Two Years<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After a Muslim group endorsed Biden, a Muslim grad student in Islamic studies warns that Biden&#8217;s record on &#8220;surveillance under a state of exception &#8230; ought to be interrogated &#8230; amid the COVID-19 pandemic&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/joe-biden-muslim-state-exception-200529083141328.html\">Joe Biden&#8217;s Muslim State of Exception<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration requires &#8220;that no one would have to leave their home. The result has been a map that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas quipped is &#8216;like Swiss cheese'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/israel-wont-annex-palestinian-towns-palestinians-wont-get-citizenship-630086\">Israel Won&#8217;t Annex Palestinian Towns, Palestinians Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Get Citizenship<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Community leaders complain that current limits deny &#8220;loved ones of the immediate family of a deceased individual &#8230; this opportunity to pray for their deceased, pay their respects and to have some form of closure&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/muslim-leaders-plea-up-30-18367801\">Muslim Leaders in Plea for &#8216;Up to 30 Mourners&#8217; to be Able to Attend Funeral Services<\/a> (Birmingham Live)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director-General of Jammu and Kashmir Police believes he has the right to set limits on questioning by elected officials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2020\/06\/jammu-and-kashmir-top-cop-advises-congress-leaders-and-left-lobby-to-keep-their-mouth-shut-for-questioning-security-forces\/\">Jammu and Kashmir Top Cop Advises Congress Leaders and Left-lobby to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcKeep Their Mouth Shut\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for Questioning Security Forces<\/a> (OpIndia)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Muslim entrepreneur and CEO of EVOLVE solution is the first Muslim women to be appointed to the Pennsylvania Commissioner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chestnuthilllocal.com\/2020\/06\/03\/germantown-activist-and-american-muslim-makes-history\/\">Germantown Activist and American Muslim Makes History<\/a> (Chestnut Hill Local)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Libya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s internationally recognised government regained control of Tripoli on Thursday, driving eastern forces out of the capital after a 14-month battle in which foreign powers poured in arms and fighters&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2020\/06\/05\/crpf-personnel-in-kashmir-take-oath-to-boycott-chinese-products\/\">Eastern Forces Quit Libyan Capital After Year-long Assault<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy&#8217;s liberals and leftists condemn the fascists and feminists who find common cause in mocking and maligning the freed humanitarian hostage who converted to Islam:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/silvia-romano-islamophobia-white-saviour-complex-200528102833625.html\">How a Kidnapped Aid Worker Who Converted to Islam Shook Italy<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran is developing a &#8220;militarized cyber-infrastructure&#8221; 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