{"id":82500,"date":"2020-06-22T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82500"},"modified":"2020-06-22T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:46:21","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-22-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82500","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/22\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/spyware-technology-found-on-phone-of-moroccan-journalist-report-says\/2020\/06\/21\/ca409294-b220-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html\">Apparently with Israeli government approval<\/a>, spyware is distributed to Arab governments to spy on journalists, including Saudi interceptions of phone calls with the subsequently murdered Jamal Khashoggi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/morocco-nso-israeli-spyware-omar-radi-journalist-amnesty\">Israeli Spyware Used by Moroccan Government to Target Journalist, Amnesty Claims<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The ad, which included a photo collage of President Trump, Pope Francis and burning American flags&#8221; presaged that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Islam is going to detonate a nuclear device\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Nashville:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/21\/business\/media\/the-tennessean-islam-ad.html\">Tennessee Newspaper Apologizes for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUtterly Indefensible\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Anti-Muslim Ad<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrested along with seven others BLM demonstrators, the college student was deprived of her religiously-motivated headscarf for seven hours in violation of  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/title-42-public-health-and-welfare\">the Religious Land Use and Incarcerated Persons Act<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/muslim-woman-arrested-miami-protest-forced-remove-hijab-booking-photo-n1231607\">Muslim Woman Arrested in Miami Protest Forced to Remove Hijab for Booking Photo<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The OIC may consider action as the oppression in Jammu and Kashmir continues to mount:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/asia-pacific\/muslim-bloc-to-address-situation-in-kashmir\/1885633\">Muslim Bloc to Address Situation in Kashmir<\/a> (Andalu Agency)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/13c7a34243644671ba437e32d5fb6f57\">Indian Fire Kills Pakistani Girl, Wounds Family in Kashmir<\/a> (AP)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2020\/jun\/22\/dhok-defence-committee-member-injured-in-firing-in-jammu-and-kashmir-2159767.html\">Dhok Defence Committee Member Injured in Firing in Jammu and Kashmir<\/a> (New Indian Express)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/business\/kashmir-lockdown-transport-sector-jobs\">Kashmir&#8217;s Double Lockdown Has Left 1.5 Lakh Transport Workers Without Jobs<\/a> (The Wire)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2020\/06\/22\/gordian-knot-in-enterprise-whats-happening-to-kashmir-based-startups\/\">Gordian Knot In Enterprise: What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Happening To Kashmir-Based Startups?<\/a> (Observer News Service)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An example of communal harmony in India is demonstrated by the Muslim man who, &#8220;in an effort to contain coronavirus, &#8230; developed a contactless sensor bell for a Hindu temple&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnaindia.com\/india\/video-muslim-man-in-mp-develops-contactless-sensor-bell-for-a-hindu-temple-2829134\">Muslim Man in MP Develops Contactless Sensor Bell for a Hindu Temple<\/a> (DNA India)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Qur\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcan charges man to be God&#8217;s steward (<em>khalifa<\/em>) in maintaining the balance inherent in the natural world on which human survival depends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/islam-buddhism-faiths-have-long-encouraged-stewardship-nature\">From Islam to Buddhism, Faiths Have Long Encouraged Stewardship of Nature<\/a> (UN Environment Programme)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As Iran&#8217;s chief rabbi reminds the world that &#8220;Judaism is a religion that is 3,300 years old, while Zionism is a national and political movement that is just 100 years old&#8221; 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