{"id":82759,"date":"2020-07-15T13:12:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82759"},"modified":"2020-07-15T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:12:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-15-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82759","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/15\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a Muslim employee&#8217;s report that George Floyd tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill led to the accused&#8217;s murder by police, the store&#8217;s Muslim owner says that it &#8220;will no longer call the police on customers&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milwaukeeindependent.com\/syndicated\/doorstep-muslim-america-finding-unity-purpose-within-diverse-faith-community\/\">At the Doorstep of Unity of Purpose Within a Diverse Faith Community<\/a> (Milwaukee Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All opposition parties condemned Erdogan&#8217;s decree to shut down &#8220;a nonprofit private university known for its high educational standards&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/07\/10\/the-turkish-government-closed-a-university-because-it-fears-free-speech\/?fbclid=IwAR17LFbgn_2Pj40gc4CFWsP2fsr9abbc6LClxBFuUgAeBjgDc_55bP_ORxs\">The Turkish Government Closed a University Because It Fears Free Speech<\/a> (Foreign Policy)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while in England, &#8220;Prevent strategy appears to have had the effect of discouraging free speech within universities&#8221; pressuring students, especially Muslims, &#8220;to say the &#8216;right thing&#8217;, or to be quiet&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/government-policy-has-left-muslim-students-feeling-unable-to-speak-up-on-campus-142610\">Government Policy has Left Muslim Students Feeling Unable to Speak Up on Campus<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and Amnesty International accuses Iran of &#8220;an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2020\/07\/iran-two-kurds-executed-amid-increasing-use-of-death-penalty-as-weapon-of-repression\/\">Iran: Two Kurds Executed amid Increasing Use of Death Penalty as Weapon of Repression<\/a> (Amnesty International)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel&#8217;s  demolition of Zakariyya al-Battik in 1950 have erased its original history and identity; a recovered 700-year old document is a testimonial of the Palestinians&#8217; root in the region:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/palestinian-village-zakariyya-battikh\/\">How a 14th Century Document Breathes Life into a Destroyed Palestinian Village<\/a> (972 Magazine)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With the mysterious incidents in Iran now spreading to include ship fires &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-53417227\">Bushehr Port: Seven Ships Ablaze in Latest Iran Mystery Fires<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; an analyst identifies four &#8220;reasons Israel might be waging its shadow war more overtly \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which could backfire&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/07\/15\/has-israel-been-sabotaging-iran-heres-what-we-know\/\">Has Israel Been Sabotaging Iran? Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s What We Know<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but who is behind the hijacking of the oil tanker the U.S. has implicated in a money laundering scheme involving Iran &#8216;s Quds Force?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/76983160.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\">Tanker Off UAE Sought by US over Iran Sanctions &#8216;Hijacked&#8217;<\/a> (Times of India)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri of the Irish Muslim Peace &amp; Integration Council said; &#8220;the choice of Croke Park is symbolic to Irish Muslims in their dual identity as being both Irish and Muslims&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/gaa\/gaelic-football\/news\/30553\/12027735\/croke-park-to-host-muslim-celebration-eid-al-adha\">Croke Park to Host Muslim Celebration Eid Al Adha<\/a> (Sky Sport)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Iran has delayed providing international investigation with the flight&#8217;s black box recorder but has reportedly pledged to provide it to French investigators on July 20&#8221;:<\/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>Jammu and Kashmir are smothered between Covid and Indian repression:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/chandigarh\/with-covid-beds-exhausted-in-kashmir-doctors-ask-people-to-return-home\/story-mcaslcLcIA8n3OoynOqM2K.html\">With Covid-beds Exhausted in Kashmir, Doctors Ask People to Return Home<\/a> (Hindustam Times)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2020\/07\/15\/hoping-against-hope-half-widows-of-kashmir-in-lockdown\/\">Hoping Against Hope: Half Widows of Kashmir in Lockdown<\/a> (Kashmir Observer)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/photo-feature\/Kashmir-military-conflict-violence-women\">How Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Roles Are Changing in Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Conflict<\/a> (The New Humanitarian)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2020\/07\/15\/jailing-kashmir-bar-prez-after-expiry-of-psa-ordersc-seeks-explanation\/\">Jailing Kashmir Bar Chief After Expiry of PSA Order:SC Seeks Explanation<\/a> (Kashmir Observer)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/j-k\/v-p-of-municipal-committee-abducted-in-north-kashmir-113246\">V-P of Municipal Committee Abducted in North Kashmir; 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