{"id":82723,"date":"2020-07-12T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82723"},"modified":"2020-07-12T18:28:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T23:28:43","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-13-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82723","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/12\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After decades of violating the Qur&#8217;anic commandment Sudan scrapes laws that made it illegal for non-Muslims to drink alcohol and that criminalized conversion from Islam &#8220;potentially punishable by death&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/international\/world-news-politics\/sudan-allows-alcohol-consumption-decriminalises-leaving-islam-860383.html\">Sudan Allows Alcohol Consumption, Decriminalises Leaving Islam<\/a> (APF \/ Deccan Herald)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid says that the removal her post reflects a trend &#8220;to restrict Palestinian digital rights and free expression&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/opinion\/palestine-is-not-an-anti-semitic-word-38002\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPalestine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Is Not an Anti-Semitic Word<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and the failure in Palestine of the &#8220;international legal regime [that] was meant to help end colonialism &#8230; threatens its very existence&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/resolve-palestinian-question-colonialism-200706090645989.html\">To Resolve the Palestinian Question We Need to End Colonialism<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Racial equality people still fight for today, reflects Muhammad&#8217;s revolutionary and the still unrealized racial message he outlined in his Farewell speech as &#8220;the basic religious and ethical ideals of Islam.&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/islams-anti-racist-message-from-the-7th-century-still-resonates-today-141575\">Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Anti-Racist Message from the 7th Century Still Resonates\u00c2\u00a0Today<\/a><\/u> (The Conversation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder Al-Khatahtbeth explains that the &#8220;<i>Muslim <\/i>platform doesn&#8217;t limit or restrict any expression of the faith&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/johnscottlewinski\/2020\/07\/11\/social-media-community-muslim-looks-to-attract-islamic-gen-z\/#616ba0c11685\">Social Media Community \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcMuslim\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Looks to Attract Islamic Gen-Z <\/a>(Forbes)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Despite the past experience of the Bosnian War, and recent white supremacist attacks, many European experts, officials and pundits, appear to focus on extreme groups that have a Muslim background&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/was-the-srebrenica-genocide-aimed-at-the-wider-muslim-presence-in-europe-38037\">Was the Srebrenica Genocide Aimed at the Wider Muslim Presence in Europe? <\/a>(TRT World)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Off-screen, they have taken charge of their stories, proving that they never needed to be spoken for or rescued, but for a meaningful reflection of this reality in cinema, Muslim women will have to write their own stories&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/research\/saving-muslim-women-in-hindi-cinema-6500775\/\">The Unseen Muslim Women of Hindi Cinema<\/a> (Indian Express)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Key among the many mistakes that contributed to the tragedy were a misaligned radar, traffic control&#8217;s failure to identify the plane as civilian, and a,military unite that fired without authorization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/07\/12\/890194877\/iranian-report-details-chain-of-mistakes-in-shooting-down-ukrainian-passenger-pl\">Iranian Report Details Chain of Mistakes in Shooting Down Ukrainian Passenger Plane<\/a> (NPR) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The oppression of Jammu and Kashmir continues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/separatist-leader-ashraf-sehrai-detained-in-kashmir-to-be-booked-under-psa-police-chief\/article32055999.ece\">Separatist Leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai Held in Kashmir<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/first-time-in-history-jammu-and-kashmir-gives-skip-to-martyrs-day\/story-NtlNiC2NXnUjw50LQys3DK.html\">First Time in History, Jammu and Kashmir Gives Skip to Martyrs\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Day<\/a> (Hindustan Times)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/asia-pacific\/kashmir-gunfight-leaves-3-militants-dead-police-say\/1908181\">Kashmir Gunfight Leaves 3 Militants Dead, Police Say<\/a> (Andalu Agency)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Amendment introduced by Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey will provide aid to Palestinians through non-governmental organizations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/07\/congressional-committee-moves-restore-aid-palestinians-200709183831122.html\">US Congressional Committee Moves to Restore Aid to Palestinians <\/a>(Aljazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After decades of violating the Qur&#8217;anic commandment Sudan scrapes laws that made it illegal for non-Muslims to drink alcohol and that criminalized conversion from Islam &#8220;potentially punishable by death&#8221;: Sudan Allows Alcohol Consumption, Decriminalises Leaving Islam (APF \/ Deccan Herald) Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid says that the removal her post reflects a trend &#8220;to restrict [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82723","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\/82723","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\/122827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82723"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82757,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82723\/revisions\/82757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}