{"id":84186,"date":"2021-04-20T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T18:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84186"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T18:44:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-20-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84186","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 4\/20\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virologist Shahid Jameel credits the eleventh century Muslim physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna) with propagating the &#8220;the idea that diseases are spread by microorganisms,&#8221; and now Muslim leaders from Mecca to Lucknow are propagating the fact that receiving Covid-19 vaccine during Ramadan does not invalidate the fast:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/opinion\/muslim-clergy-must-spread-the-message-loud-covid-vaccine-wont-invalidate-ramzan-fast\/642412\/\">Muslim Clergy Must Spread the Message Loud \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Covid Vaccine Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Invalidate Ramzan Fast<\/a> (The Print)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Srinagar calls to a helpline jumped from 55 in 2019 to 177 in 2020 and 120 in the past three months alone:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/kashmir-the-link-between-armed-conflict-and-domestic-violence\/a-57268013\">Kashmir: The Link Between Armed Conflict and Domestic Violence<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This single mother turned to Islam for &#8220;spiritual strength&#8221; and looked forward to paying zakat as a rare &#8220;voluntary form of solidarity&#8221; without coercion.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead she became a recipient of zakat after her bosses fired her and family and previous friends abandoned her:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/04\/20\/converting-to-islam-cost-me-everything-but-i-dont-regret-it-14430906\/\">Converting to Islam Cost Me Family, Friends and a Job \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but I Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Regret It for a Second<\/a> (Metro.co.uk)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Amid growing calls in the Democratic party to end Israeli abuses towards the Palestinian populace, Senator Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have called for &#8220;restricting military aid from being used in occupied territories&#8221;:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-aid-israel-jstreet\">Leading Progressive US Senators Call for Conditioning Aid To Israel<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Khan wants Western countries to sacrifice freedom of speech regarding the Prophet\u00c2\u00a0 (pbuh) on the model of European laws against questioning the Holocaust:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/4\/19\/pakistan-pm-calls-for-west-to-criminalise-blasphemy-against-islam\">Pakistan PM Calls for West to Criminalise Blasphemy Against Islam<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As tensions rose in the aftermath of Israel&#8217;s attack on Iran&#8217;s Natanz nuclear facility &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/20\/world\/middleeast\/iran-israeli-attacks.html\">Iran Rattled as Israel Repeatedly Strikes Key Targets<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>reports indicate that the Vienna talks have &#8220;moved from general words to agreeing on specific steps toward the goal&#8221; of US return to the treaty by &#8220;simultaneous, sequential steps&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/us-iran-nuclear-talks-vienna-progress\/2021\/04\/19\/1322a88a-a13b-11eb-a7ee-949c574a09ac_story.html\">Officials Report Progress At Iran Nuclear Talks In Vienna<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whbl.com\/2021\/04\/20\/iran-says-60-enrichment-meant-to-show-nuclear-prowess-is-reversible\/\">Iran Says 60% Enrichment Meant To Show Nuclear Prowess, Is Reversible<\/a> (WHBL)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;Saudi and Iranian officials held discussions in Iraq in a bid to ease tensions as Washington works to revive a 2015 nuclear pact with Tehran and end the Yemen war&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-welcomes-iraqi-mediation-with-gulf-states-ambassador-2021-04-20\/\">Iran Welcomes Iraqi Mediation with Gulf States &#8211; Ambassador<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first Palestinian election in 15 years may be cancelled or delayed due to Israel preventing Palestinians living in Jerusalem from casting their ballots:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/explainer-jerusalem-dispute-derail-palestinian-vote-77163638\">EXPLAINER: Jerusalem Dispute Could Derail Palestinian Vote<\/a> (ABC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the second day of Ramadan, Israeli police brutalized Palestinian worshippers returning from the Al-Aqsa mosque:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/israeli-forces-attack-palestinian-worshipers-at-damascus-gate-injure-nine-video\/\">Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Worshipers at Damascus Gate, Injure Nine<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel continues to boast that it has the\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;highest per capita COVID vaccination rate in the world&#8221; 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