{"id":92394,"date":"2025-08-19T19:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92394"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T00:21:32","slug":"news-and-analysis-8-19-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=92394","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 8\/19\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/press_releases\/breaking-cair-calls-on-dhs-to-clarify-reported-plan-to-ban-american-muslim-nonprofits-critical-of-israel-from-receiving-federal-grants\/\">CAIR Calls on DHS to Clarify Reported Plan to Ban American Muslim Nonprofits Critical of Israel from Receiving Federal Grants<\/a> (CAIR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/culture\/food-drink\/bunnys-pro-palestine-protest-fells-point-3WQTUSAIFBCAHC45HPBUFAWKHQ\/\">Fells Point Restaurant Bunny\u2019s Fires at Least 6 Employees After Pro-Palestine Protest<\/a> (The Baltimore Banner)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/more-western-activists-are-traveling-to-palestine-and-israel-is-deporting-them\/\">More Western Activists Are Traveling to Palestine \u2014 and Israel Is Deporting Them<\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/19\/changing-the-narrative-about-palestine-action\">Changing the Narrative About Palestine Action<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/aug\/18\/proscribing-palestine-action-government-protest\">We Voted for and Against the Ban on Palestine Action. Now We Have a Plan to End This Mess<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;This forced suspension will interrupt people\u2019s access to health care, including treatment for those affected by the ongoing cholera outbreak&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorswithoutborders.org\/latest\/sudan-msf-suspends-activities-zalingei-hospital-after-grenade-attack\">Sudan: MSF Suspends Activities at Zalingei Hospital After Grenade Attack<\/a> (Doctors Without Borders)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/removal-unrwa-israel-sets-conditions-ending-military-operations-west-bank\">Israel Demands Removal of UN Agency for Palestinians Before Ending Jenin Assault<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2025\/8\/19\/israel-targets-displacement-shelters-in-central-gaza\">Israel Attacks Displacement Shelters to Force Palestinians to Southern Gaza<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/palestinians-say-25-killed-in-gaza-strikes-overnight-as-aid-efforts-stepped-up\/\">Palestinians Say 25 Killed in Gaza Strikes Overnight as Aid Efforts Stepped Up<\/a> (Times of Israel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[M]any conservative Texas politicians have relied on online disinformation to spread anti-Muslim messages and, in the process, appeal to far-right supporters&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/culture\/religion\/article\/texas-official-islamophobic-texts-epic-city-20822725.php\">Texas Funeral Commission Chair Texts Anti-Islam Hate Speech amid EPIC City battle<\/a> (Chron)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Abu Dhabi\u2019s global mercenary network deploys foreign fighters to crush dissent, pursue expansionist ambitions, and support Israel&#8217;s regional geopolitical agenda&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thecradle.co\/articles\/shadow-armies-uaes-covert-wars-in-sudan-yemen-and-gaza\">Shadow Armies: UAE\u2019s Covert Wars in Sudan, Yemen, and Gaza<\/a> (The Cradle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[E] experts in theology, bioscience, and education&#8221; teamed to create a seminar series to tackle big questions in a way that one student says, &#8220;has sparked passion in me to examine how science and faith interact&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinmuslimjournal.org\/https-islamichorizons-net-reimagining-bioscience-curriculum-for-muslim-high-school-students\/\">Reimagining Bioscience Curriculum for Muslim High School Students<\/a> (Wisconsin Muslim Journal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Everything is still hard for Syrian people to get. And very expensive. But I noticed people look relieved&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinmuslimjournal.org\/syrian-americans-finally-visit-homeland\/\">Syrian Americans Finally Visit Homeland<\/a> (Wisconsin Muslim Journal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he IRGC has transformed from a \u201cpeople\u2019s army\u201d established to counterbalance the conventional military to <a class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" title=\"How Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Is Military and More: QuickTake\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-04-09\/why-the-u-s-has-targeted-iran-s-revolutionary-guard-quicktake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component=\"link\">a sprawling organization<\/a> with operations spanning from support for regional militias like Hamas and Hezbollah to hospitals, universities and even a role building the Tehran metro&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-08-19\/iran-s-revolutionary-guard-defies-us-and-israel\">Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Defies US and Israel<\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<a id=\"auto-tag_annemarie-jacir\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/annemarie-jacir\/\" data-tag=\"annemarie-jacir\">Annemarie Jacir<\/a>\u2019s drama \u201c<a id=\"auto-tag_palestine\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/palestine\/\" data-tag=\"palestine\">Palestine<\/a> 36,\u201d which reconstructs the Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule in 1936&#8243;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/global\/oscars-palestine-36-annemarie-jacir-intl-race-1236492655\/\">Oscars: Palestine Submits Annemarie Jacir\u2019s Historical Drama \u2018Palestine 36\u2019 for International Feature Race<\/a> (Variety)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues: CAIR Calls on DHS to Clarify Reported Plan to Ban American Muslim Nonprofits Critical of Israel from Receiving Federal Grants (CAIR) Fells Point Restaurant Bunny\u2019s Fires at Least 6 Employees After Pro-Palestine Protest (The Baltimore Banner) More Western Activists Are Traveling to Palestine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92394","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\/92394","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92394"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92402,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92394\/revisions\/92402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}