{"id":9245,"date":"2013-05-31T09:11:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T14:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=9245"},"modified":"2013-05-31T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T15:16:23","slug":"news-and-analysis-53113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=9245","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/31\/13)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bullet in the back of the head? A Samurai sword? \u00c2\u00a0An FBI agent left alone with a killer? Shocking inconsistencies in the FBI&#8217;s story as to how and why they killed\u00c2\u00a0Ibragim Todashev have the man&#8217;s father accusing them of an extra-judicial execution and the <em>Washington Post<\/em> demanding the straight story:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/father-of-chechen-man-fbi-shot-during-boston-attacks-investigation-claims-his-son-was-executed\/2013\/05\/30\/e2079aa6-c936-11e2-9cd9-3b9a22a4000a_story.html\">Mother Says Boston Suspect Now Walking; Father of Chechen Man FBI Shot Says He Was \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcExecuted\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/answers-needed-in-death-of-tamerlan-tsarnaev-acquaintance\/2013\/05\/30\/36cec7f4-c96d-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html\">Answers Needed in Death of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Acquaintance<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Senator Barbara Boxer&#8217;s accommodation of Israel&#8217;s discriminatory dual system of law in the occupied West Bank has now seeped into her treatment of American citizens. She is sponsoring legislation codifying Israeli racial profiling over the rights of Americans traveling to Israel and occupied Palestine&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/opinion\/ci_23354234\/sam-jadallah-boxer-initiative-discriminates-against-americans-arab\">Sam Jadallah: Boxer Initiative Discriminates Against Americans of Arab or Muslim Origin Visiting Israel<\/a> (Mercury News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;An American Muslim who says he was beaten with batons by prison interrogators while held in solitary confinement overseas for more than three months has sued the FBI and State Department, claiming the torture was done at their behest&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nation.time.com\/2013\/05\/30\/oregon-muslim-sues-fbi-claims-torture\/\">Oregon Muslim Sues FBI, Claims Torture<\/a> (AP \/ Time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;[W]hile the president&#8217;s proposal to regulate nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) removes several measures that received heavy criticism in previous drafts, it also allows a committee formed by the government to arbitrarily reject funding &#8230; organizations and to interfere in &#8230; internal decisions&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2013\/0530\/New-Egypt-NGO-law-could-expand-Morsi-s-control?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29\">New Egypt NGO Law Could Expand Morsi&#8217;s Control<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and the Cairo Opera&#8217;s &#8220;principal conductor, Nayer Nagui &#8230; accused the government of having a &#8216;detailed plan to destroy culture and fine arts in Egypt&#8217; and said the curtain would go down on all performances at the Opera until the minister himself was removed&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/africaandindianocean\/egypt\/10089564\/Cairo-Opera-on-strike-in-protest-at-Muslim-Brotherhood-sacking-of-director.html\">Cairo Opera on Strike in Protest at Muslim Brotherhood Sacking of Director<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0(Telegraph)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;[T]he bigger reason we didn&#8217;t see a backlash like the one in England has to do with who we are as Americans&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0America was, and still remains, a melting pot&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/05\/29\/opinion\/obeidallah-muslim-backlash-us-uk\/index.html\">Anti-Muslim Backlash in England, but Not Here<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;God doesn&#8217;t make mistakes. I can be myself and keep my faith.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Despite the discomfort of some Muslims with her transgender persona,\u00c2\u00a0Bre Campbell converted because \u00c2\u00a0Islam &#8220;focused more on God and &#8230; she could cover her hair and wear modest clothes and &#8230; she\u00c2\u00a0could just be a human being\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/style\/2013\/05\/30\/169b9c2c-c7ac-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html\">At Muslim LGBTQ Retreat, Attendees Try to Reconcile Their Faith and Sexuality<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Scores of young men and boys on motorbikes and on foot marauded through the city of 130,000 people, some singing nationalist songs, a day after a mosque and religious school were torched.\u00c2\u00a0One person was killed and four were wounded in fighting&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/05\/29\/us-myanmar-violence-idUSBRE94S0JD20130529\">Buddhist Mobs Attack Muslim Homes in Myanmar, One Dead<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Britain&#8217;s intelligence services were under pressure Saturday to explain their knowledge of two Islamists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London, amid claims they had tried to recruit one of them&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20130525-uk-mi5-intelligence-london-attack-suspect\">MI5 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTried to Recruit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 London Murder Suspect<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0(France24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Laurent Guy\u00c3\u00a9not argues neoconservatives employ Leo Strauss&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0political philosophy, &#8220;a cold analysis of Israeli strategic interests for the benefit of the leaders in Tel Aviv, and a fear-mongering warning against imaginary dangers besetting U.S. public opinion&#8221; to achieve political objectives that require demonizing Islam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article178638.html\">The Machiavelian Threefold Game of the Neoconservatives<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(voltairenet.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bullet in the back of the head? 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