{"id":844,"date":"2008-11-23T12:01:04","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=844"},"modified":"2008-11-23T12:01:04","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T17:01:04","slug":"news-and-analysis-1122-2308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=844","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/22-23\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Considered the strongest pro-Israeli candidate for secretary of state, the selection of Hillary Clinton would leave many wary for the prospect of peace:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/22\/AR2008112201999.html?sid=ST2008112202544&#038;s_pos=\">Some in Arab World Wary of Clinton<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The non-binding legal opinion of Malaysia&#8217;s National Fatwa Council shows ignorance of Islam, Hinduism and Yoga:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"headline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/A\/AS_MALAYSIA_NO_YOGA_FOR_MUSLIMS?SITE=CACHI&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">Malaysian Islamic Body Bans Yoga for Muslims<\/a> (AP\/ Chico Enterprise Record)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One of the biggest fears of the Pakistani military planners is the collaboration between India and Afghanistan to destroy Pakistan&#8230; Some people feel the United States is colluding in this.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/23\/world\/asia\/23pstan.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;ref=world\">Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Autonomous region independently obtains weapons claims they are for defensive purposes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/22\/AR2008112202297.html?sid=ST2008112300239&#038;s_pos=\">Kurds in N. Iraq Receive Arms From Bulgaria<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The incorporation of women into security forces encourages stronger adherence respecting human rights in police raids:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1121\/p01s02-wogn.html\">Palestinian Security Gets a Feminine Touch<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;According to Majd, most Iranians suffer from a superiority\/inferiority complex in which immense pride in Iran&#8217;s history and culture is tempered by a sense of shame at the country&#8217;s third-world status and anger at its treatment by foreign powers&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/middleeast\/la-ca-hooman-majd23-2008nov23,0,3670017.story\">&#8216;The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran&#8217; by Hooman Majd<\/a> (La Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Camps initially for Afghan refugees reopen for those made homeless in the conflict over Pakistan&#8217;s northwest providence<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/23\/AR2008112300173.html\">Pakistan Revives Afghan Camps for its Own People<\/a> (Reuters \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hospitalized Gazans remain at serious risk from Israeli blockade:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/11\/2008112382840977947.html\">&#8216;Lives at Risk&#8217; From Gaza Fuel Cuts<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considered the strongest pro-Israeli candidate for secretary of state, the selection of Hillary Clinton would leave many wary for the prospect of peace: Some in Arab World Wary of Clinton (Washington Post) The non-binding legal opinion of Malaysia&#8217;s National Fatwa Council shows ignorance of Islam, Hinduism and Yoga: Malaysian Islamic Body Bans Yoga for Muslims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-844","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\/844","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}