{"id":93396,"date":"2025-12-01T06:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=93396"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:40:58","slug":"news-and-analysis-12-1-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=93396","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 12\/1\/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.palestinedeepdive.com\/p\/there-is-no-safety-for-journalists?publication_id=22185&amp;post_id=180200888&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">\u201cThere Is No Safety for Journalists in Gaza\u201d| Issam Adwan<\/a> (Palestine Deep Dive)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/countercurrents.org\/2025\/12\/ihra-and-the-attack-on-free-expression-why-the-definition-threatens-palestine-solidarity-movements-civil-liberties-academic-freedom-and-even-the-new-testament-bible\/\">IHRA and the Attack on Free Expression: Why the Definition Threatens Palestine Solidarity Movements, Civil Liberties, Academic Freedom, and Even the New Testament Bible<\/a> (Countercurrents)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/11\/28\/texas-cair-muslim-brotherhood-houston-abbott\/\">In Houston Suburbs, Abbott\u2019s Attacks on CAIR Unnerve Muslim Residents<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Lang was among the individuals charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol. He faced 11 federal counts, including multiple felony charges for assaulting, resisting or impeding police officers, civil disorder and obstructing an official proceeding&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arabamericannews.com\/2025\/11\/30\/far-right-islamophobe-who-tried-to-burn-quran-in-dearborn-sues-city-for-200-million\/\">Far-right Islamophobe Who Tried to Burn Qur\u2019an in Dearborn Sues City for $200 Million<\/a> (Arab American News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/live-blog\/live-blog-update\/israeli-forces-detain-44-palestinians-towns-near-bethlehem\">Israeli Forces Detain 44 Palestinians in towns near Bethlehem<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/dec\/01\/i-have-been-defeated-hundreds-of-palestinians-face-eviction-from-east-jerusalem\">\u2018I Have Been Defeated\u2019: Hundreds of Palestinians Face Eviction from East Jerusalem<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/occupied-palestinian-territory\/unicef-state-palestine-humanitarian-situation-report-no-44-31-october-2025\">UNICEF State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 44 &#8211; 31 October 2025<\/a> (Reliefweb)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One thing on which the French and Iranian regimes agree is that the state should decide on how women (and girls) may dress:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirreader.com\/2025\/12\/01\/a-hijab-a-student-leader-and-the-crisis-of-french-secularism\/\">A Hijab, a Student Leader, and the Crisis of French Secularism<\/a> (Kashmir Reader)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/node\/2624521\/world\">French Interior Minister Opposes \u2018Stigmatising\u2019 Hijab Ban for Minors<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigissue.com\/opinion\/burqa-muslim-women-danger-politics\/\">I Wore a Burqa for a Decade. The Real Danger to Muslim Women Isn&#8217;t the Veil \u2013 It&#8217;s the Politics<\/a> (Big Issue)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Marouf\u2019s supporters argue that the government\u2019s case relies on old donations and community work done years before HLF was designated, and they say no evidence has been presented showing Marouf knowingly supported wrongdoing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/america\/137440-texas-muslim-community-leader-ordered-deported-amid-fears-of-profiling-and-politicized-enforcement\/\">Texas Muslim Community Leader Ordered Deported Amid Fears of Profiling and Politicized Enforcement<\/a> (ShiaWaves)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Sudan\u2019s army has recaptured several villages in South Kordofan state from a rebel group that has controlled them since 2011&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sudantribune.com\/article\/307648\">Sudan Army Seizes Villages from SPLM-N Rebels in First Gains Since 2023<\/a> (Sudan Tribune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;According to the Tasnim News Agency, schools in Alborz, Tehran, Semnan, Hamadan, and Gilan will be suspended starting tomorrow amid a new wave of heavy pollution and the spread of seasonal epidemics across several regions&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurdistan24.net\/en\/story\/878539\/iran-shuts-schools-in-five-provinces-as-air-pollution-crisis-deepens\">Iran Shuts Schools in Five Provinces as Air Pollution Crisis Deepens<\/a> (Kurdistan 24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the country\u2019s profound political paralysis and deep social fractures, Pope Leo praised Lebanese society as one that &#8216;does not give up,&#8217; calling its resilience an &#8216;essential characteristic of authentic peacemakers'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinechronicle.com\/hezbollah-lauds-pope-leos-peace-message-during-historic-visit-to-lebanon\/\">Hezbollah Lauds Pope Leo\u2019s Peace Message During Historic Visit to Lebanon<\/a> (Palestine Chronicle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Support for Hamas is declining from its peak during the genocide on Gaza, but is still above the pre-October 7, 2024 levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/middle-east\/are-palestinians-ready-shed-hamas\">Are Palestinians Ready to Shed Hamas?<\/a> (Foreign Affairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues: \u201cThere Is No Safety for Journalists in Gaza\u201d| Issam Adwan (Palestine Deep Dive) IHRA and the Attack on Free Expression: Why the Definition Threatens Palestine Solidarity Movements, Civil Liberties, Academic Freedom, and Even the New Testament Bible (Countercurrents) In Houston Suburbs, Abbott\u2019s Attacks [&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-93396","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\/93396","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=93396"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93402,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93396\/revisions\/93402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}