{"id":84247,"date":"2021-05-02T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84247"},"modified":"2021-05-03T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T21:00:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-1-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84247","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/1\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US continues to expand its unconstitutional surveillance efforts under the guise of counterterrorism and national security, systematically targeting &#8220;Blacks, immigrants, and Muslims&#8221; across the country:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/4\/28\/broader-u-s-government-surveillance-powers-wont-make-us-safer?utm_source=R%26I+Clips+%28Coalition%29&amp;utm_campaign=1fce6fe486-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_15_02_10_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3a915757be-1fce6fe486-391722642&amp;mc_cid=10c792fa58&amp;mc_eid=fe35b2c683\">Broader US Government Surveillance Powers Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Make Us Safer<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Imam Jamil Al-Amin, after converting to Islam in the 1970s, dedicated his life to working for &#8220;the spiritual upliftment and social resurrection of his community in Atlanta&#8221; Despite this, &#8220;Al-Amin remained the target of government surveillance&#8221; that eventually led to an unjust conviction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hamzahraza.substack.com\/p\/freedom-for-imam-jamil-al-amin-formerly?mc_cid=10c792fa58&amp;mc_eid=fe35b2c683\">Freedom for Imam Jamil Al-Amin (Formerly H Rap Brown) is Closer than Ever<\/a> (Hamzah Raza)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The dismissal of Idrees Ahmad, teacher of a Kupwara school, and other two employees came as a strange shiver to the whole Kashmir society under the shade of Article 311 and neglecting all other disciplinary service rules&#8221; &#8212; Abdul Qayoom Wani, Former employee union leader and chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/others\/in-a-first-kashmir-teacher-dismissed-in-interest-of-security-of-state-101619966578163.html\">In a First, Kashmir Teacher Dismissed in \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcInterest of Security of State<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Hindustan Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With Israel refusing to allow Jerusalem residents to vote, President Abbas has &#8220;indefinitely postponed the first Palestinian election in 15 years&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/english.alaraby.co.uk\/english\/Comment\/2021\/4\/27\/Abbass-Palestinian-election-theatre\/\">Abbas&#8217;s Palestinian Election Theatre<\/a> (The New Arab)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lehava, a far right Israeli group that advocates for &#8220;complete expulsion of Palestinians&#8221; and opposes &#8220;interfaith marriage and Christmas&#8221; is slowly gaining political influence in Israel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israel-palestine-lehava-extremist-group-marching-jerusalem\">Lehava: The Anti-Palestinian, Far-Right Israeli Group Marching in Jerusalem<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite threats from the Taliban, who have &#8220;warned they are no longer bound by an agreement not to target international troops&#8221;, the withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan &#8220;will run until September 11&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-56955702\">US And NATO Start to Formally Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US continues to expand its unconstitutional surveillance efforts under the guise of counterterrorism and national security, systematically targeting &#8220;Blacks, immigrants, and Muslims&#8221; across the country: Broader US Government Surveillance Powers Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Make Us Safer (Al-Jazeera) Imam Jamil Al-Amin, after converting to Islam in the 1970s, dedicated his life to working for &#8220;the spiritual upliftment and [&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-84247","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\/84247","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=84247"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84259,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84247\/revisions\/84259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}