{"id":84540,"date":"2021-07-18T15:41:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84540"},"modified":"2021-07-18T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T20:46:01","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-18-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=84540","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/18\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protected by heavily armed Israeli occupation police, &#8220;1,371 Jewish settlers accompanied by Knesset members&#8221; stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the third Islamic holy site:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20210718-israel-officially-supports-orderly-and-safe-storming-of-al-aqsa-mosque\/\">Israel Officially Supports &#8216;Orderly and Safe&#8217; Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The inter-faith alliance between a major Muslim and Evangelical organization aims to strengthen the relationship between Christians and Muslims as well as to present a more &#8220;moderate and humanitarian view of Islam&#8221; in stark contrast to the Islam portrayed in popular western culture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jamesmdorsey.substack.com\/p\/muslim-evangelical-alliance-strives?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo3MDEzODMyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozODg5MzUxOCwiXyI6ImtRSjFGIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI2NjAyMjkzLCJleHAiOjE2MjY2MDU4OTMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNDY4MjgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Jb-O-p_eSJ2J_hzBXU0res2yce0qNq--vMlsRMiEBqQ\">Muslim-Evangelical Alliance Strives to Create Religious and Political Middle Ground<\/a> (James M. Dorsey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top nuclear negotiator has accused the United States and the United Kingdom of &#8220;holding prisoner exchange talks hostage\u00e2\u20ac\u009d after Iran said nuclear talks should be delayed until after its new government comes into office:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2021-07-18\/iran-insists-prisoner-swap-deal-was-agreed-with-us-says-ready-to-proceed-today\">Iran Insists Prisoner Swap Deal Was Agreed with U.S., Says Ready to Proceed &#8216;Today&#8217;<\/a> (US News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>High ranking Afghan officials and Taliban representatives held talks in Doha on Saturday as violence raged in their country amid the withdrawal of foreign forces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/563558-afghan-taliban-officials-meet-in-qatar-amid-fighting\">Afghan, Taliban Officials Meet in Qatar amid US Troop Withdrawal<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sulli is a derogatory slang term used by Hindutva extremists for Muslim women. The &#8220;Sulli Deals&#8221; app displayed pictures of Muslim women &#8220;sourced from their social media profiles without their consent&#8221; and used them with the intent of harassing and humiliating these women:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiareview.com\/18072021-india-sulli-deals-app-puts-muslim-women-up-for-sale-in-online-auctions\/\">India: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSulli Deals\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 App Puts Muslim Women Up for Sale in Online Auctions<\/a> (Eurasia Review)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blatant attempts to portray the legitimate Kashmiri struggle as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153terrorism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d while simultaneously trying to change the country&#8217;s demographic through &#8220;bureaucratic takeover and tactics of harassment&#8221; are in clear violation of international law:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/un-chief-urged-to-stop-indian-cultural-aggression-in-iiojk\/\">UN Chief Urged to Stop Indian Cultural Aggression in IIOJK<\/a> (Pakistan Observer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An\u00c2\u00a0Israeli football club, whose fanbase is &#8220;known for racism and anti-Palestinian chants&#8221; has scrapped a friendly match with FC Barcelona, following the Spanish club&#8217;s refusal to hold the event in Jerusalem:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/palestinians-express-appreciation-to-fc-barcelona-for-canceling-israel-match\/\">Palestinians \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcExpress Appreciation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to FC Barcelona for Canceling Israel Match<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protected by heavily armed Israeli occupation police, &#8220;1,371 Jewish settlers accompanied by Knesset members&#8221; stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the third Islamic holy site: Israel Officially Supports &#8216;Orderly and Safe&#8217; Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque (Middle East Monitor) The inter-faith alliance between a major Muslim and Evangelical organization aims to strengthen the [&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-84540","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\/84540","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=84540"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84546,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84540\/revisions\/84546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}