{"id":82940,"date":"2020-08-04T16:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82940"},"modified":"2020-08-04T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:48:16","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-4-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82940","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/4\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Automatons were among the &#8220;creations of the 12th-century &#8230; inventor Ismail al-Jazari, who laid the groundwork for modern engineering, hydraulics, and even robotics&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk\/history-and-civilisation\/2020\/08\/medieval-robots-they-were-just-one-of-this-muslim-inventors\">Medieval Robots? They Were Just One of this Muslim Inventor&#8217;s Creations<\/a> (National Geographic)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Circuit Court has ruled that a Muslim inmate allegedly &#8220;fired from his prison job for reporting his bosses\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 religious harassment&#8221; can&#8217;t file a First Amendment retaliation claim:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/daily-labor-report\/muslim-inmate-who-reported-harassment-lacks-job-reprisal-suit\">Muslim Inmate Who Reported Harassment Lacks Job Reprisal Suit<\/a> (Bloomberg Law)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel may be counting on the differences in impact of its oppression on various Palestinians groups to prevent a unified opposition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/annexation-palestinians-survive-200709183543893.html\">How Far Can Israel Go in Trying to Erase Palestinians?<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In revoking Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s statehood, Modi converted an internal political problem and security concern into a communal religious internal and external security threat&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/government\/kashmir-2020-hindu-muslim-article-370\">Kashmir 2020: Rumoured Resolution Is Greatly Exaggerated<\/a> (The Wire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Indian government claims that it was determined to improve Kashmiri lives ring hollow one year after the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s constitutional status&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/india-abuses-persist-jammu-and-kashmir#\">India: Abuses Persist in Jammu and Kashmir<\/a> (Human Rights Watch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;It was not just a political change. It destroyed our livelihood&#8221; &#8212; Kashmiri flower seller &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/inpictures\/pictures-india-lockdowns-ruined-kashmir-economy-200802073042939.html\">In Pictures: How India&#8217;s Lockdowns Ruined Kashmir&#8217;s Economy<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;Abdullah has called the meeting of many mainstream political parties at his residence,&#8221; but wonders if India will &#8220;allow anybody to come out&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/india\/first-anniversary-of-article-370s-abrogation-former-jammu-and-kashmir-cm-farooq-abdullah-calls-for-all-party-meet-on-august-5-2300514.html\">First Anniversary of Article 370&#8217;s abrogation: Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah Calls for All-Party Meet on August 5<\/a> (Zee News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kashmiri nomads have a solution for the school in the time of Covid conundrum:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-53590847?prompt\">Kashmir&#8217;s Open-air Classes Offer Stunning Solution to Lockdown<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[J]ust a few days after the newspaper came out, all fresh evidence of this British operation &#8230; disappeared from public debate&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/02\/mi6-the-coup-in-iran-that-changed-the-middle-east-and-the-cover-up\">MI6, the Coup in Iran that Changed the Middle East, and the Cover-up<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Police stood idly by as a man was beaten on &#8220;suspicion of transporting beef&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Delhi\/muslim-groups-demand-arrest-in-beef-attack-case\/article32271730.ece\">Muslim Groups Demand Arrest in \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBeef\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Attack Case<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran is accused of abducting across national borders the man it charges with a terrorist attack on a mosque &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2020\/08\/04\/family-tells-ap-iran-abducted-california-man-while-dubai\/\">Family Tells AP: Iran Abducted California Man While in Dubai<\/a> (WBTV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; while Australia finds its citizen, tried in secret in Iran on spying charges that she denies, &#8220;to be well&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-53649419\">Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Australia Says Lecturer Jailed in Iran &#8216;Is Well&#8217;<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet another in the string of unexplained fires and explosions since June 26:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iran-fire-breaks-out-in-industrial-zone-near-capital\/1930914#\">Iran: Fire Breaks Out in Industrial Zone near Capital<\/a> (Andalu Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automatons were among the &#8220;creations of the 12th-century &#8230; inventor Ismail al-Jazari, who laid the groundwork for modern engineering, hydraulics, and even robotics&#8221;: Medieval Robots? 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