{"id":84148,"date":"2021-04-11T15:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84148"},"modified":"2021-04-11T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T21:53:53","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-11-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84148","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/11\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of choreographer Ata Khattab the depth of Israeli fear of Palestinian culture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/content\/threatened-cultural-defiance-israel-throws-dancer-prison\/32711\">Threatened\u00c2\u00a0 by Cultural Defiance, Israel Throws Dancer in Prison<\/a> (Electronic Intifada)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Attacks against Muslims are attacks against the Republic&#8221; &#8212; Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin, &#8220;the main sponsor of legislation passing through parliament which the government says is designed to tackle what it describes as encroaching fundamentalism that is subverting French values &#8230; [which] some critics say &#8230; points the finger at Muslims&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2021-04-11\/french-government-disgusted-by-attack-on-muslim-centre\">French Government Disgusted by Attack on Muslim Centre<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran is calling on the international community (including the International Atomic Energy Agency) to confront Israel&#8217;s &#8220;nuclear terrorism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-iran-358384f03b1ef6b65f4264bf9a59a458\">Iran Calls Natanz Atomic Site Blackout \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNuclear Terrorism\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (AP News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/11\/israel-appears-confirm-cyberattack-iran-nuclear-facility\">Israel Appears to Confirm It Carried Out Cyberattack on Iran Nuclear Facility<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ashraf Abu Sorour &#8220;had been subjected to severe torture&#8221; and &#8220;was later sentenced to life imprisonment&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2021\/04\/11\/649239\/Palestine-Israel-West-Bank-Ashraf-Abu-Sorour-Bethlehem\">Palestinian Inmate Held in Solitary Confinement Despite Health Problem<\/a> (Press TV)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A British think tank accused of Islamophobia as well as collaborating with the far-right to demonize Muslims in the UK, shut down abruptly\u00c2\u00a0 on Friday due to lack of funds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/quilliam-uk-social-media-reacts-islamophobia\">Quilliam: Social Media React to the Closing of British Think-Tank<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blinken &#8220;called on governments around the world, including the United States, to take &#8216;concrete actions&#8217; to ensure that no companies are providing China with products or services that facilitate its repression of the Uyghur population&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jonathanponciano\/2021\/04\/11\/biden-secretary-of-state-condemns-chinas-acts-of-genocide-against-muslim-uyghurs\/?sh=29f627ce50ca\">Biden Secfretary of State Condemns China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcActs of Genocide&#8217; Against Muslim Uyghurs<\/a> (Forbes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Conservative FM Sir Alan Duncan expressed his shame over British government submission to Zionist &#8220;pro-settlement propaganda&#8217;,&#8221; calling it &#8220;a sort of buried scandal that has to stop&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/former-uk-minister-accuses-pro-israel-lobby-of-disgusting-interference\/\">Former UK Minister Accuses Pro-Israel Lobby of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDisgusting Interference\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of choreographer Ata Khattab the depth of Israeli fear of Palestinian culture: Threatened\u00c2\u00a0 by Cultural Defiance, Israel Throws Dancer in Prison (Electronic Intifada) &#8220;Attacks against Muslims are attacks against the Republic&#8221; &#8212; Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin, &#8220;the main sponsor of legislation passing through parliament which the government says is designed to tackle what [&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-84148","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\/84148","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=84148"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84153,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84148\/revisions\/84153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}