{"id":84285,"date":"2021-05-10T14:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84285"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:09:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-10-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84285","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 5\/10\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Insulted that the by the question posed to the former military prosecutor, Army captain in Iraq, and assistant U.S. Attorney, &#8220;What do you know about Sharia Law,&#8221; Muslims are even more insulted by his answer, &#8220;Nothing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/2021\/05\/10\/zahid-quraishi-could-first-muslim-federal-judge-but-questions-remain\/4966121001\/\">NJ Man Could Be the First Muslim Federal Judge. But a Question About Sharia Is Stoking Controversy<\/a> (northjersey.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Violence against Palestinians rises in Jerusalem &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2021-05-10\/153-palestinians-hospitalized-jerusalem-holy-site-violence\">More Than 300 Palestinians Hurt in New Round of Violence at Jerusalem Holy Site<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/10\/995417561\/300-more-palestinians-wounded-in-new-violence-jerusalem-day-march-is-canceled\">300 More Palestinians Wounded In New Violence; Jerusalem Day March Is Canceled<\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and Hamas launched rockets into Israel as retaliation against &#8220;the crimes and aggression&#8221; in the Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and at the Al-Aqsa Mosque&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-israel-jerusalem-076a9ec7e2bd9c065882c64a4ab820a1\">Hamas Fires Rockets at Jerusalem After Clashes at Mosque<\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/jerusalem-tensions-rockets-fired-as-unrest-spirals-live-updates\/a-57479412\">Jerusalem Tensions: Rockets Fired as Unrest Spirals \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Live Updates<\/a> (Deutsche Welle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; to which Israel responded by launching air strikes against Gaza on Monday, killing &#8220;nine Palestinians, including 3 children&#8221; according to the Gaza Health Ministry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/10\/israeli-forces-raid-al-aqsa-compound-live\">Palestinians Report Several Killed in Israeli Air Raids on Gaza<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A doctoral candidate in political science conducting interviews on American Muslim participation in politics found that &#8220;virtually every participant&#8221; referenced government surveillance and &#8220;its impact on their daily lives&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/penntoday.upenn.edu\/news\/hajer-al-faham-finds-american-muslims-are-under-watch-even-research\">Hajer Al-Faham Finds American Muslims Are Under Watch, Even in Research<\/a> (Penn Today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Negotiations that could potentially save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are coming to a &#8220;crucial stage&#8221; according to the EU foreign affairs chief:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/eus-borell-says-iran-nuclear-talks-moving-crucial-stage-2021-05-10\/\">EU&#8217;s Borell Says Iran Nuclear Talks Moving to Crucial Stage<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Taliban declare a 3 day ceasefire to &#8220;mark the three day Eid Ul-Fitr holiday&#8221; as US troops continue their withdrawal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/10\/taliban-declare-three-day-afghan-ceasefire-for-eid-holiday\">Afghanistan: Taliban Declare Three-Day Eid Ceasefire<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NSF wants &#8220;to help victims understand that their anti-Muslim experiences and victimization are important to report to the authorities and are not experiences that should be tolerated by any members of a group&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/ua-little-rock-receives-nearly-325-000-nsf-grant-to-shine-light-on-muslim-hate-crimes-in-arkansas\">UA Little Rock Receives Nearly $325,000 NSF Grant to Shine Light on Muslim Hate Crimes in Arkansas<\/a> (News Wise)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/bengaluru\/bengaluru-bbmp-to-rehire-11-of-17-staffers-suspended-after-tejasvi-suryas-claim\/articleshow\/82512684.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">11 of the 16 Muslim employees of a coronavirus war room<\/a> &#8230; suspended after [a] Bharatiya Janata Party leader &#8230; accused them of being complicit in a bed allocation scam on communal lines&#8221; are reinstated and the five others &#8220;<a class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/16-employees-suspended-after-tejasvi-surya-s-outburst-reinstated-bbmp-148577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">refused to join back<\/a>, saying they found the entire experience &#8216;traumatising'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/latest\/994595\/bengaluru-civic-body-to-rehire-11-muslim-employees-suspended-over-tejasvi-suryas-allegations\">Bengaluru Civic Body to Rehire 11 Muslim Employees Suspended over Tejasvi Surya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Allegations<\/a> (Scroll)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sheikh Jarrah controversy highlights Israel&#8217;s apartheid position property rights: they are for Jews, not for Muslims and Christians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-religion-2ba6f064df3964ceafb6e2ff02303d41\">Palestinians Fear Loss of Family Homes as Evictions Loom<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insulted that the by the question posed to the former military prosecutor, Army captain in Iraq, and assistant U.S. Attorney, &#8220;What do you know about Sharia Law,&#8221; Muslims are even more insulted by his answer, &#8220;Nothing&#8221;: NJ Man Could Be the First Muslim Federal Judge. But a Question About Sharia Is Stoking Controversy (northjersey.com) Violence [&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-84285","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\/84285","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=84285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84288,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84285\/revisions\/84288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}