{"id":82927,"date":"2020-08-01T15:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T20:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82927"},"modified":"2020-08-01T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T20:24:35","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-1-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82927","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/1\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Convention delegates are frustrated by both the Democratic Party&#8217;s refusal to acknowledge Israel&#8217;s brutal occupation and &#8220;by a drafting and voting process that was anything but open, inclusive and democratic&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/07\/31\/2020-democratic-platform-betrays-palestinians-again-gives-israel-pass\/\">The 2020 Democratic Platform Betrays Palestinians and Again Gives Israel a Pass<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian native &#8220;converted to Islam as a teenager. He &#8216;fell in love with America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s history, its principles, and particularly its commitment to freedom'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/military\/vp-nw-muslim-sailor-beard-20200731-i2ewutovbnfv5n6k3evjyxqsla-story.html\">Muslim Sailor Aboard USS George Washington Gets Navy Waiver to Grow 4-inch Beard<\/a> (Virginia Pilot)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the U.S. and Iran &#8220;want to see a withdrawal of NATO forces; &#8230; to stymie the Afghan heroin trade; &#8230; to protect against terror groups &#8230;; and  an inclusive government in Kabul that is not monopolized by the Taliban&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2020\/07\/what-do-us-iran-talks-mean-for-afghanistan\/\">What Do US-Iran Talks Mean for Afghanistan?<\/a> (The Diplomat)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jammu and Kashmir authorities detain journalist and editor Qazi Shibli (Committee to Protect Journallists)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; meanwhile doctors who must treat locked-down &#8220;residents of the Valley online.&#8221; find it &#8220;no easy task in Kashmir, which has had no 4G internet for close to a year and where broadband connections are thin on the ground&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/article\/968719\/a-year-without-high-speed-internet-ravaged-health-education-entrepreneurship-in-kashmir\">A Year Without High-speed Internet Ravaged Health, Education, Entrepreneurship in Kashmir<\/a> (Scroll)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but Kashmiri Muslims fighting the scourge of intoxicants can learn from the Muslim barber who &#8220;raised enough awareness among the people and they wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let their daughters be used for prostitution any more&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirobserver.net\/2020\/08\/01\/kashmir-in-search-of-subhan-hajam\/\">Kashmir in Search of Subhan Hajam<\/a> (Kashmir Observer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The people who really need a mosque are the estimated 500,000 Muslims in Athens and the Attica region&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2020\/07\/31\/turkeys-president-has-hurt-muslim-interests-over-hagia-sophia\/\">Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s President Has Hurt Muslim Interests over Hagia Sophia<\/a> (Balkan Insight)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In a nation where cremation is the norm, worries &#8220;about the hygiene of burials&#8221; are presented as an objection to cemeteries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2020\/08\/b30d4ca66b02-feature-japan-lacking-burial-grounds-for-expanding-muslim-population.html\">Japan Lacking Burial Grounds for Expanding Muslim Population<\/a> (Kyodo News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The monarchist group leader was arrested &#8220;for alleged involvement in a 2008 mosque attack in Shiraz that killed 14 people and injured more than 200&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/middle-east\/voa-news-iran\/iran-says-it-has-detained-leader-us-based-opposition-group\">Iran Says It Has Detained Leader of US-Based Opposition Group<\/a> (VoA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/dfae3a8e-5c7e-11ea-b0ab-339c2307bcd4\">[T]he Islamic regime,<\/a> which was established on promises of &#8216;social justice&#8217;, is still struggling to convince Iranians that it has remained true to the ideals of the revolution&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b787b7e8-e9a0-4b39-b35e-64b6019f8c5a\">Bribery Case Reignites Scrutiny of Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBeverly Hills\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Elite<\/a> (Financial Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153RSS driven exclusionary ideology of Hindutva, which has no space for minorities, especially Muslims. Second, is a radical departure from the pluralistic and democratic polity &#8230; [of] India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s founding fathers&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/asia-pacific\/indias-actions-in-kashmir-part-of-majoritarian-agenda\/1928951\">&#8216;India&#8217;s Actions in Kashmir, Part of Majoritarian Agenda&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Andalu Agency<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine describes first round talks as &#8220;constructive&#8221;, but reports that it is &#8220;too early to say how much compensation Tehran would agree to pay&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/07\/ukraine-iran-conclude-talks-plane-downing-damages-200731094753427.html\">Ukraine, Iran Conclude First-Round Talks on Plane Downing Damages<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convention delegates are frustrated by both the Democratic Party&#8217;s refusal to acknowledge Israel&#8217;s brutal occupation and &#8220;by a drafting and voting process that was anything but open, inclusive and democratic&#8221;: The 2020 Democratic Platform Betrays Palestinians and Again Gives Israel a Pass (Washington Post) The Australian native &#8220;converted to Islam as a teenager. 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