{"id":99915,"date":"2016-07-02T20:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T04:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99915"},"modified":"2016-07-02T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T04:09:27","slug":"japans-top-court-has-approved-blanket-surveillance-of-the-countrys-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=99915","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country&#8217;s Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Ciotti: The <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/asia\/muslims-japan-government-surveillance-top-court-green-lit-islamaphobia-a7109761.html\">story<\/a> says it&#8217;s not legal for a country to curtail the freedom of some citizens just because other citizens are afraid. It may not be legal but that&#8217;s what happened in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 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