{"id":83380,"date":"2020-10-31T18:46:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T23:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83380"},"modified":"2020-10-31T18:46:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T23:46:07","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-31-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=83380","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/31\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 22.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'inherit',serif;\">Rivals include Turkey, of the abandoned caliphate; Saudi Arabia, of Mecca and Medina; the UAE, of &#8220;militantly statist&#8221; Islam; Qatar, of &#8220;less strict&#8221; Wahhabism and political Islam; Indonesia, of &#8220;humanitarian, pluralistic&#8221; Islam; Morocco, of moderate Islam; and Iran of\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;derailed revolution&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hudson.org\/research\/16463-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-islam\">The Battle for the Soul of Islam<\/a> (Hudson Institute)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Desperate to get out from under U.S. sanctions at a time of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/9\/7\/sudan-declares-3-month-state-of-emergency-over-deadly-floods\"> national flooding disaster<\/a>, the fragile transitional government warned it has no &#8220;proper mandate to normalize ties and that there was a great risk of civil unrest&#8221; from its domestically unpopular decision:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/50.62.194.30\/685.9fb.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sudan-Controversially-Normalizes-Relations-with-Israel.pdf?mc_cid=da85fd3511&amp;mc_eid=bb8c68a7f2\">Sudan Controversially Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for Being Removed from the U.S. List of State Sponsors of Terrorism<\/a> (National Interest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-inc=\"1\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Apart from some relief work like sending medicines, blankets and giving some very small monetary help to flood victims, we have no work worth mention in Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8212; head of the New Delhi-based NGO accused of &#8220;funding terror in Indian-administered Kashmir&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHimalayan lie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: India raids over Kashmir \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcterror funds\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 slammed\">Calling the Raids Well-planned and Choreographed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Khan Said He Had \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No Contacts\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is Macron&#8217;s Policy Making Things Worse, provoking anger in the Muslim world and more violence in France (both by and against Muslims)?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/oct\/28\/anger-towards-emmanuel-macron-grows-in-muslim-world\">Anger Towards Emmanuel Macron Grows in Muslim World<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/boycotts-paris-middle-east-western-europe-france-ee594f94f34f4d7e04d12a60b67eacc1\">AP Explains: Why France Incites Such Anger in Muslim World<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/latest\/977329\/naseeruddin-shah-teesta-setalvad-among-100-to-condemn-france-attacks-remarks-by-muslim-leaders\">Naseeruddin Shah, Teesta Setalvad Among 100 to Condemn France Attacks, Remarks by Muslim Leaders<\/a> (Scroll))<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/10\/29\/21540186\/notre-dame-basilica-nice-france-knife-attack\">A Terror Attack in Nice Threatens to Turbocharge France\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Debate on Free Speech and Islam<\/a> (Vox)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/france-attacker-in-avignon-is-anti-muslim-extremist-\/2024830\">France: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAttacker in Avignon is anti-Muslim extremist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Andolu Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Under the terms of the deal, all frontline forces would return to their respective bases, and foreign fighters would be given three months to leave Libya. Both of these conditions would be independently monitored by the United Nations to ensure compliance&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/50.62.194.30\/685.9fb.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ceasefire-Agreement-in-Libya.pdf?mc_cid=da85fd3511&amp;mc_eid=bb8c68a7f2\">Libya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Internationally-Recognized Government Signs a Ceasefire Agreement with Renegade Military Commander Khalifa Haftar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Forces<\/a> (National Interest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The censorship of criticism of Joe Biden is only the second of an endless series of steps of social media betrayal of its promise to be a neutral platform that began with the censorship of Palestinians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/palestine-facebook-twitter-google-erasure-warning?fbclid=IwAR1OhRuaSy9dVhH9cu6_VDTTg-biPgkKF3nMNmbycUzJP5fk2XvJdG0-b0M\">Social Media&#8217;s Erasure of Palestinians Is a Grim Warning for Our Future<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Out of fear, they were willing to kill innocent civilians. And I see that kind of narrative emerging in the United States, and I am concerned. I am concerned where this takes us\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2020\/10\/30\/snapshot-ny-amra-sabic-el-rayess-flees-muslim-genocide-in-bosnia-becomes-professor-at-columbia-cultivating-mindsets-cultivating-togetherness\/\">Amra Sabic El-Rayess Flees Muslim Genocide in Bosnia, Becomes Professor at Columbia \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCultivating Mindsets, Cultivating Togetherness\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (CBS New York)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Government forces in riot gear patrolled streets in Kashmir\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s main city of Srinagar in anticipation of anti-India protests&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/india-kashmir-asia-pacific-c0b545f281f8e92e6acbfb70f222c2b7\">Kashmir Shuts Down to Protest India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Land Laws<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivals include Turkey, of the abandoned caliphate; Saudi Arabia, of Mecca and Medina; the UAE, of &#8220;militantly statist&#8221; Islam; Qatar, of &#8220;less strict&#8221; Wahhabism and political Islam; Indonesia, of &#8220;humanitarian, pluralistic&#8221; Islam; Morocco, of moderate Islam; and Iran of\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;derailed revolution&#8221;: The Battle for the Soul of Islam (Hudson Institute) Desperate to get out from [&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-83380","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\/83380","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=83380"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83393,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83380\/revisions\/83393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}