{"id":84027,"date":"2021-03-15T17:39:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84027"},"modified":"2021-03-15T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:39:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-3-15-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84027","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 3\/15\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is too proud to make the first move after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the JPCOA. Biden can break the impasse by using Reagan&#8217;s &#8220;trust but verify&#8221; policy, announcing the U.S. will immediately resume compliance trusting that Iran will allow the IAEA will be able to verify that Iran has followed suite promptly thereafter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-iran-nuclear-middle-east-tehran-international-agreements-5841f3f747f7e106cfe94f804ace555f\">Iran Warns Election Delays Could Slow Nuclear Deal Moves<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/biden-iran-nuclear-deal-talks\/2021\/03\/14\/4b020904-8376-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html\">United States and Iran Wearily Circle Each Other over Reactivating Nuclear Deal<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel receives new criticism after interrogating &#8220;two of the five children detained last week for&#8221; picking wildflowers near an illegal settlement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/israeli-police-interrogate-two-palestinian-children-detained-last-week-662092\">Israeli Police Interrogate Two Palestinian Children Detained Last Week<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Civil society groups report &#8220;psychological trauma &#8230; [including, in some cases], early signs of post-traumatic stress disorder&#8221; in over &#8220;93 percent of children impacted by&#8221; Austrian police raids targeting Muslim households last November:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/magazine\/austria-s-muslims-face-an-increasing-racist-and-islamophobic-campaign-45022\">Austria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslims Face an Increasing \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRacist and Islamophobic Campaign\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (TRT World)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first ever Muslim nominee for an lead actor Oscar is just the tip of the iceberg, as observers see &#8220;an influx of Muslim students headed to careers in media, from screenwriting to journalism to movie production&#8221; and anticipate &#8220;a flood of young people will be in a variety of writers&#8217; rooms in the next five years&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2021-03-15\/oscars-2021-riz-ahmed-first-muslim-best-actor-nominee\">Riz Ahmed Is the First Muslim Nominated for Lead Actor Oscar<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/as-riz-ahmed-gets-oscar-nomination-hollywood-is-slowly-working-to-rectify-decades-of-muslim-misrepresentation\/\">Hollywood Is Slowly Working to Rectify Decades of Muslim Misrepresentation<\/a> (Cnet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Going against the tide of BJP bigotry, a Brahmin explains what drew him to Islam was that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153[i]n Islam, be it a beggar or a banker, all stand in the same rows for namaz [prayer], all are equal in the eyes of Islam. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to be rich or born into a particular social category to be close to Allah&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/religion\/islam-young-upper-caste-hindu-mans-journey-to-islam\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI Converted to Islam, But Hide My New Faith in Public\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: An Upper Caste Hindu Man Tells His Story<\/a> (The Wire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Taliban has agreed to send a 10 person delegation for a peace meeting that will take place in Qatar on the 18th of March:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/usa-afghanistan-peaceplan-russia-int\/taliban-to-send-delegation-to-afghanistan-peace-meeting-hosted-by-russia-idUSKBN2B71LH\">Taliban to Send Delegation to Afghanistan Peace Meeting Hosted by Russia<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Islamic Republic of Iran has not had any involvement, directly or indirectly, in any armed attacks by any entities or individuals against the United States in Iraq&#8221; &#8212; Iran&#8217;s UN envoy Majid Takht-Ravanchi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/3\/15\/iran-tells-un-it-was-not-behind-attacks-on-us-interests-in-iraq\">Iran Tells UN It Was Not Behind Attacks on US Interests in Iraq<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Analysts indicate that &#8220;[l]osing Abs would be a major blow to the Houthi rebels&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/international\/yemen-forces-backed-by-saudi-coalition-launch-offensive-against-houthis-121031500164_1.html\">Yemen Forces Backed by Saudi Coalition Launch Offensive Against Houthis<\/a> (Business Standard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Pakistani envoy to Sri Lanka raised concerns regarding the country&#8217;s newly announced ban on burqas, stating, &#8220;The likely ban on Niqab will only serve as injury to the feelings of ordinary Sri Lankan Muslims and Muslims across the globe&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/pak-envoy-raises-concern-over-burqa-ban-in-sri-lanka\/article34077172.ece\">Pakistan Envoy Raises Concern Over \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBurqa Ban\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Sri Lanka<\/a> (The Hindu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is too proud to make the first move after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the JPCOA. 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