{"id":83325,"date":"2020-10-21T19:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T00:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83325"},"modified":"2020-10-21T19:06:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T00:06:27","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-21-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83325","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/21\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&#8220;They can put locks on our office but they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put it on our voice&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 &#8212; Anuradha Bhasin, the owner and executive editor of Kashmir Times:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/10\/20\/vendetta-kashmir-newspapers-office-sealed-by-india-officials\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcVendetta\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Kashmir Newspaper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office Sealed by India Officials<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \">Being neither the head of state nor of government, MbS is not immune to &#8220;recourse in U.S. courts for violations of international law and for victims of &#8216;flagrant human rights violations,&#8217; including torture and summary execution abroad&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/khashoggi-family-sues-mohammed-bin-salman-\/2020\/10\/20\/f12076b6-12d5-11eb-ad6f-36c93e6e94fb_story.html\">Jamal Khashoggi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fiancee and Pro-democracy Group He Founded Sue Saudi Crown Prince in His Slaying<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biden condemns &#8220;any effort to boycott [Israel] or withhold aid to force policy change.&#8221; In 2016 he &#8220;helped <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/joe-biden-and-the-jewish-community-a-record-and-a-plan-of-friendship-support-and-action\/#\">get the country its biggest ever U.S. aid package<\/a>, US$38 billion&#8221; and &#8220;has already announced he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/4\/29\/biden-says-hed-leave-us-embassy-in-jerusalem-if-elected\">would not move the U.S. embassy back to Tel Aviv if elected<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/bidens-plan-to-revive-iran-talks-could-calm-the-middle-east-but-on-israel-he-and-trump-largely-agree-143716\">Biden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Plan to Revive Iran Talks Could Calm the Middle East \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but on Israel He and Trump Largely Agree<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Even if Joe Biden triumphs at the polls, Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weakened government may only have a few months to negotiate a revived nuclear deal before facing its own electoral challenge by hardliners who oppose any engagement with the west&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/oct\/21\/even-if-biden-wins-us-election-time-is-running-out-to-save-iran-nuclear-deal\">Even if Biden Wins US Election, Time Is Running Out to Save Iran Nuclear Deal<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The number of voters registered in a third party exceeds the difference between Democratic and Republican registrations by 4991 at a time when Muslims are &#8220;tired of voting for the cleaner dirty shirt&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/why-muslim-votes-matter-the-most-in-florida-the-largest-us-swing-state-40754\">Why Muslim Votes Matter the Most in Florida \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the Largest US Swing State<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Macron doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to &#8216;build an Islam in France that can be compatible with the Enlightenment,&#8217; because that already exists. Whether French secularism can adapt to Islam is another question&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/beheading-in-france-could-bolster-presidents-claim-that-islam-is-in-crisis-but-so-is-french-secularism-148070\"> Beheading in France Could Bolster President\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Claim that Islam Is in \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCrisis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but So Is French Secularism<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Prior to the nullification of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution, only state subjects were allowed to buy land and apply for government jobs in Jammu and Kashmir&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/politics-and-nation\/no-article-370-means-licence-to-buy-property-in-kashmir-yogi-at-bihar-rallies\/articleshow\/78791204.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\">No Article 370 Means Licence to Buy Property in Kashmir: Yogi at Bihar Rallies<\/a> (Economic Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Pro-Israeli activists&#8221; are angry that Hadassa hospital is treating the Palestinian leader who has compared Israeli apartheid with that of South Africa:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au\/story\/6979428\/palestinians-erekat-on-heart-lung-machine\/?cs=10193\">Palestinians&#8217; Erekat on Heart-lung Machine<\/a> (Australian AP \/ Bendigo Advertiser)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They can put locks on our office but they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put it on our voice&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 &#8212; Anuradha Bhasin, the owner and executive editor of Kashmir Times: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcVendetta\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Kashmir Newspaper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office Sealed by India Officials (Aljazeera) Being neither the head of state nor of government, MbS is not immune to &#8220;recourse in U.S. courts for violations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83325","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\/83325","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83325"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83332,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83325\/revisions\/83332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}