{"id":84010,"date":"2021-03-14T15:45:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84010"},"modified":"2021-03-14T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T22:29:28","slug":"news-and-analysis-03-13-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84010","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 3\/13\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both parties in Afghanistan are highly skeptical of U.S. attempts to accelerate a political settlement. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pressure from the United States never works&#8230; we know this because they have already tried all forms of pressure for 20 years&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/03\/13\/afghanistan-us-plan-risks\/\">U.S. Push for Peace in Afghanistan Has New \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUrgency.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Some Afghans Fear It Could Backfire<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upon her release after a five year sentence, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was immediately summoned to court on a new charge. &#8220;British FM calls the new trial \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unacceptable\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and calls on Iran to let her return to Britain&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iran-britain-zaghari-idUSKBN2B6045\">British-Iranian Aid Worker Appears in Iran Court for Propaganda Trial<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Security footage captured two masked individuals as they launched flammable materials through a window of a Muslim private school in Sweden:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/world\/europe\/muslim-childrens-school-in-sweden-targeted-in-arson-attack\">Muslim Children&#8217;s School in Sweden Targeted in Arson Attack<\/a> (Daily Sabah)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Saturday, Sri-Lankan officials told the media that the country would be banning burqas and shutting down thousands of Islamic schools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202103\/1218297.shtml\">Sri Lanka to Ban Muslim Burqa, Shut Many Schools<\/a> (Global Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel has targeted roughly a dozen vessels according to a Wall Street Journals report that stated, &#8220;Israeli operatives were suspected of planting a limpet mine on an Iranian vessel anchored near Lebanon in February &#8230; en route to Syria&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/israel-reportedly-attacked-at-least-dozen-tankers-with-iranian-oil-2021-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel Reportedly Attacked a Dozen Tankers with Iranian Oil Bound for Syria<\/a> (Business Insider)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As footage shows about 10 Israeli settlers, equipped with masks and batons, approach the Alayan family before pelting them with rocks moderately injuring the man and lightly injuring his wife:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hebron-israel-west-bank-2313b2744cc5945e22d4359828970ca9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Family in West Bank<\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Abid Riaz Qureshi, a Pakistani-born American Muslim and attorney from D.C, was nominated for district court by President Obama in 2016. Media reports indicate that the Biden Administration is &#8220;considering naming Qureshi to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/03\/12\/report-biden-mulls-appointing-first-ever-muslim-federal-judge\/\">Biden Mulls Appointing First Muslim Federal Judge<\/a> (Religion News Service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A video showing two men severely beating a Muslim boy who allegedly entered a Hindu temple to drink water &#8220;sparked outrage&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/indian-police-arrest-two-men-170621356.html\">Indian Police Arrest Two Men After Assault on Muslim Boy at Hindu Temple<\/a> (Yahoo News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Siddarth, previously a devout Hindu,\u00c2\u00a0 narrates his journey to becoming a Muslim and describes how India&#8217;s polarizing establishment has made daily life a struggle for Muslims who &#8220;are living as second class citizens. I have felt the difference, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen it with my own eyes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/religion\/islam-young-upper-caste-hindu-mans-journey-to-islam\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhy I Converted to Islam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: A Young Upper Caste Hindu Man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Journey to Islam<\/a> (The Wire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The representative of the Baha\u00e2\u20ac\u2122i International Community to the UN says plans in the leaked documents &#8220;to change children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beliefs is a galling violation of human rights\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1825326\/middle-east\">Iran Targets Baha\u00e2\u20ac\u2122i Children for Conversion to Islam<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both parties in Afghanistan are highly skeptical of U.S. attempts to accelerate a political settlement. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pressure from the United States never works&#8230; we know this because they have already tried all forms of pressure for 20 years&#8221;: U.S. Push for Peace in Afghanistan Has New \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUrgency.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Some Afghans Fear It Could Backfire (Washington Post) Upon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84010","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\/84010","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\/158132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84010"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84023,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84010\/revisions\/84023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}