{"id":82464,"date":"2020-06-19T16:07:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T21:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82464"},"modified":"2020-06-19T16:08:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T21:08:01","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-19-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82464","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/19\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While other Muslim-American&#8217;s issue statements demanding justice for George Floyd, Keith Ellison does something about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/americans-want-justice-for-george-floyd-keith-ellison-is-in-charge-of-getting-it\/2020\/06\/17\/243ba312-b012-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html\">Americans Want Justice for George Floyd. Keith Ellison Is in Charge of Getting It<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Erdogan &#8230; learned by experience that getting the United States on board by making Trump his personal friend is easier than any other way&#8221; &#8212;  veteran\u00c2\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tracking.jmdonline.org\/tracking\/click?d=UvszwEpf2lV66I8AbSnfSTYV3y8FR3XMWSBcpx1PXcP44EbrBk--9CnChyHW1rDSg0_CmxZTh49HA6xS-7s5RcdpRfFQLK-Egi8BmDPsXlRdO0JWhuWxpFXREnme2mbpIxL_m2Jb-uqs_SCJsIBnOp7Z_I2SdmwHE1ujq1rleIZbIeBBLckVb6jB6TiYBDnKIRA9dltxQEMysSFCvArQV3xRNllIoQiFuIGDsW8wLxC1Y44m0I-QRx1nsiMgrJxoPQ2\" target=\"_blank\">Turkish journalist Cengiz Candar<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/countercurrents.org\/2020\/06\/fragile-big-power-relationships-add-to-middle-eastern-uncertainty\/\">Fragile Big Power Relationships Add to Middle Eastern Uncertainty<\/a> (Countercurrents)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has a lawsuit against Stafford County challenging &#8220;overly restrictive zoning regulations&#8221; that blocked the creation of a Muslim cemetery&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/news\/local\/justice-department-sues-stafford-over-muslim-cemetery\/article_1b2d272a-571b-524f-b913-705379597557.html\">Justice Department Sues Stafford over Muslim Cemetery <\/a>(Fredericksburg.com)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.N. declares, &#8220;The annexation of occupied territory is a serious violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-53062134\">Israel&#8217;s West Bank Annexation Plan Condemned by UN Experts<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and retired Israeli military Commander Shaul Ariel estimates that &#8220;Palestinians would lose up to 70,000 acres of private land&#8221; including farms and grazing land:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/palestinians-fear-displacement-annexed-jordan-valley-200619074130453.html\">Palestinians Fear Displacement from an Annexed Jordan Valley<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A dissenting justice denies that the 1986 Act intended &#8220;to deprive divorced Muslim women &#8230; litigant friendly procedures of the family courts Act and denude it of jurisdiction to decide applications for maintenance&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/national\/scs-larger-bench-to-decide-on-divorced-muslim-womans-plea-for-maintenance-851429.html\">SC&#8217;s Larger Bench to Decide on Divorced Muslim Woman&#8217;s Plea for Maintenance<\/a> (Deccan Herald)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some observers are reported to think the U.S. may be backing away from a military confrontation after the launch of Noor satellite that improved Iran&#8217;s capability to track and monitor oil tankers in its surroundings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2020\/06\/16\/iran-plans-monthly-gasoline-shipments-to-venezuela-report\/\">Iran Plans Monthly Gasoline Shipments To Venezuela: Report<\/a> (Kashmir Observer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister&#8217;s rejection of &#8220;joint committee of Hindu and Muslim leaders of the area to further probe these incidents&#8221; gives credence to charges that reports aim &#8220;to defame a particular community and an area&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/after-vhp-campaign-on-atrocities-in-muslim-majority-mewat-khattar-promises-new-conversion-law\/442961\/\">After <g class=\"gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"13\" data-gr-id=\"13\">VHP<\/g> Campaign on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAtrocities\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Muslim-Majority Nuh, Khattar Promises New Conversion Law<\/a> (The Print)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;[i]n <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/rights\/delhi-riots-report-misinformation-amit-shah-ngo\" target=\"_blank\">accepting<\/a> a distorted and manipulated version of events that took place during the bloodiest days New Delhi has seen in decades, the Modi government is essentially normalising ethnic violence&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/opinion\/absurd-fact-finding-report-on-delhi-riots-whitewashes-anti-muslim-violence-37415\">Absurd Fact-finding Report on Delhi Riots Whitewashes Anti-Muslim Violence<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To reinforce its opposition to US sanctions on Iran, and show that Istanbul is not obliged to implement them, Turkey&#8217;s Foreign Minister on Monday announced August 1 to reopen borders with Iran: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/middle-east\/turkey-renews-opposition-us-sanctions-iran\">Turkey Renews Opposition to US Sanctions on Iran<\/a> (VoA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>US Representative for Iran Brian Hook says he hopes for talks with Iran over prisoners and other issues, but Tehran demands US return to the nuclear deal before in-person meetings &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/seek-person-meetings-iran-prisoner-releases-200616202044785.html\"><g class=\"gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"15\" data-gr-id=\"15\">US<\/g> to Seek In-Person Meetings with Iran Over Prisoner Releases<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6  while Iran protests IAEA demands to open sites for inspection &#8220;where activities are believed to have taken place earlier this century, before Iran agreed to the 2015 nuclear pact with global powers&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-is-dealt-a-blow-by-u-n-over-nuclear-activity-fueling-u-s-opposition-11592560861\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/middle-east\/voa-news-iran\/un-calls-iran-access-suspected-nuclear-sites\">UN Calls on Iran for Access to Suspected Nuclear Sites<\/a> (VoA)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While other Muslim-American&#8217;s issue statements demanding justice for George Floyd, Keith Ellison does something about it: Americans Want Justice for George Floyd. 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