{"id":84273,"date":"2021-05-08T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84273"},"modified":"2021-05-08T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T21:30:22","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-8-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84273","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/8\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Iraqi woman passed up the opportunity to escape the war zone, saying &#8220;I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be here while my children and grandchildren will face death by the airplanes, which will destroy everything&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2021\/05\/08\/opinion-islam-and-all-religions-recognize-mothers-contributions\/\">Opinion: Islam and Other Religions Recognize Mothers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Contributions<\/a> (East Bay Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The viral video shows two female students &#8220;yelling racial slurs and profanities as they rip her hijab off her head,&#8221; provoking protests that &#8220;the school did not do enough to prevent it or to help the victim afterward&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/southeastern-pa\/north-penn-school-district-investigating-fight-involving-muslim-student-after-cell-phone-video-goes-viral\/article_22e5fba2-af99-11eb-90d2-4f2d5d87d5c4.html\">North Penn School District Investigating Fight Involving Muslim Student After Cell Phone Video Goes Viral<\/a> (WFMZ)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can the West catch up with countries like Algeria, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina in the art of public female Qur&#8217;anic recitation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2021\/5\/8\/muslim-women-are-reviving-forgotten-tradition-of-quran-recitation\">Muslim Women Are Reviving Tradition of Public Quran Recitation<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Israeli courts dawdle over Palestinian demands that their property rights be recognized, the violence\u00c2\u00a0 against the Arab under Israeli jurisdiction accelerates, both from settlers and Israeli forces &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/08\/995014328\/conflict-between-israelis-and-palestinians-continue-in-jerusalem\">Conflict Between Israelis and Palestinians Continue in Jerusalem<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/sheikh-jarrah-israel-palestine-tensions-protests-crackdown\">Sheikh Jarrah: Israel Cracks Down on Palestinian Protests as Tensions Skyrocket<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/07\/world\/middleeast\/evictions-jerusalem-israeli-palestinian-conflict-protest.html\">Evictions in Jerusalem Become Focus of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/israeli-investigation-after-16-year-old-palestinian-boy-shot-dead-by-soldiers-12298708\">Israeli Investigation After 16 Year Old Palestinian Boy Shot Dead by Soldiers<\/a> (Sky News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/349369-pink-floyds-roger-waters-reacts-to-evictions-of-palestinians-from-their-homes\">Pink Floyd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Roger Waters Reacts to Evictions of Palestinians from Their Homes<\/a> (Geo News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; US Congresswoman Betty McCollum&#8217;s bill to prevent use of almost four billion dollars in annual US aid to Israel from going towards &#8220;abuses against Palestinian children, the destruction of Palestinian property, the removal of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank&#8221; provokes debate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/6\/in-washington-a-debate-grows-about-conditioning-us-aid-to-israel\">In Washington, a Debate Grows Over Conditioning Aid to Israel<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Iranian lawmaker warned on Friday that Iran&#8217;s parliament would &#8220;further restrict UN nuclear watchdog&#8217;s access&#8221; to its nuclear facilities if significant progress was not made by May 24th:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehrantimes.com\/news\/460695\/Iran-to-restrict-IAEA-access-by-May-24-if-no-progress-made-in\">Iran To Restrict IAEA Access By May 24 If No Progress Made in Vienna Talks, MP Warns<\/a> (Tehran Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iraqi woman passed up the opportunity to escape the war zone, saying &#8220;I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be here while my children and grandchildren will face death by the airplanes, which will destroy everything&#8221;: Opinion: Islam and Other Religions Recognize Mothers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Contributions (East Bay Times) The viral video shows two female students &#8220;yelling racial slurs [&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-84273","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\/84273","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=84273"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84284,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84273\/revisions\/84284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}