{"id":84503,"date":"2021-07-06T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84503"},"modified":"2021-07-06T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T22:27:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-6-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84503","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/6\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[T]he Canadian government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s risk assessment for terrorism financing in the charitable sector focuses almost exclusively on Muslim charities, with little to no public substantiation of the risk&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/islamophobia-canada-must-probe-biased-auditing-practices\">Islamophobia: Why Is Canada Unfairly Targeting Muslim Charities?<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;There is a moral discrepancy in claiming to be opposed to anti-Muslim bigotry domestically while easing the way for anti-Muslim violence abroad, or justifying it on religious grounds, as some American faith leaders do&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/06\/24\/why-is-islamophobia-wrong-at-home-and-acceptable-in-jerusalem-and-gaza\/\">Why Is Islamophobia Wrong at Home and Acceptable Against Palestinians?<\/a> (Religion News Service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Norway&#8217;s largest pension fund KLP said on Monday it would no longer invest in 16 companies, including Alstom and Motorola, that &#8220;risk complicity in international law violations in occupied Palestine&#8221; due to their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/norways-largest-pension-fund-divests-companies-linked-israeli-settlements\">Norway&#8217;s Largest Pension Fund Divests From Companies Linked to Israeli Settlements<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>21 activists, including 10 women, were &#8220;immediately detained&#8221; after entering the Al-Manara Square to protest PA brutality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/pa-detains-21-palestinian-activists-in-ramallah\/\">PA Detains 21 Palestinian Activists in Ramallah<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli soldiers raided a refugee camp in Jenin that served as a children&#8217;s center for &#8220;around 120 children&#8221; and deliberately destroyed &#8220;books, toys, electrical boxes, and plumbing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2021\/7\/5\/why-did-israel-raid-and-destroy-a-childrens-centre-in-jenin\">Why Did Israel Raid and Wreck a Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Centre in Jenin?<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the murder of Nizar Banat, Palestinians are fighting to expose the PA as a puppet regime meant to keep the Palestinian populace under control:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/opinion\/israel-palestine-one-brutal-regime-spawns-another\">Israel-Palestine: PA Violence is Part of Israel&#8217;s Colonial Regime<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Tuesday, Iran accused Israel of an attack in late June against a civilian nuclear site near Tehran that &#8220;damaged the building&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/iran-accuses-israel-of-responsibility-for-attack-on-karaj-nuclear-facility\/\">Iran Accuses Israel of Responsibility For Attack on Karaj Nuclear Facility<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00c2\u00a0Taliban have showed off containers &#8220;full of US weapons and military hardware&#8221; seized from the Afghan military as American forces withdraw from the country and the militants &#8220;continue their rapid expansion&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/06\/taliban-celebrate-seizure-of-us-weapons-from-afghan-troops\/\">Taliban Celebrate Seizure of US Weapons From Afghan Troops<\/a> (NY Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under Islamic law the death penalty for murderer may be avoided if the victim&#8217;s family forgives the perpetrator:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20210706-iran-seeking-to-cut-executions-of-child-offenders-to-zero\">Iran Seeking to Cut Executions of Child Offenders to Zero<\/a> (France 24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;[T]he Canadian government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s risk assessment for terrorism financing in the charitable sector focuses almost exclusively on Muslim charities, with little to no public substantiation of the risk&#8221;: Islamophobia: Why Is Canada Unfairly Targeting Muslim Charities? 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