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Archives for April 2014

Dissent
Egyptian Judges shock world again, condemning 683 Muslim Brothers to Death

Egyptian Judges shock world again, condemning 683 Muslim Brothers to Death

Juan Cole

Egypt’s judiciary accused of being arm of repression (via AFP) A wave of mass sentences in Egypt, including hundreds sentenced to death this week after a rushed mass trial, has sparked charges that military-installed authorities are using the judiciary as a blunt tool of repression. The sentences handed out Monday…   —– Related video: AFP: […]

Climate Change
Did the Supreme Court just Kill Dirty Coal Plants & Save the World?

Did the Supreme Court just Kill Dirty Coal Plants & Save the World?

Juan Cole

(By Juan Cole) The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed that the Environmental Protection Agency has the prerogative to regulate air pollution that spills across state lines. The EPA wants to force 28 states to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from their power plants. Sulfur dioxide causes acid rain and breathing problems. Nitrogen […]

Afghanistan
The Longest War: How the US drove potential Afghanistan Allies into the Arms of the Taliban

The Longest War: How the US drove potential Afghanistan Allies into the Arms of the Taliban

Juan Cole

(By Anand Gopal via Tomdispatch.com) It was a typical Kabul morning. Malik Ashgar Square was already bumper-to-bumper with Corolla taxis, green police jeeps, honking minivans, and angry motorcyclists. There were boys selling phone cards and men waving wads of cash for exchange, all weaving their way around the vehicles amid exhaust fumes. At the gate […]

Islam
Saudi Fatwa against “THE 99” Tolerant Muslim Superhero Comics as “Evil”

Saudi Fatwa against “THE 99” Tolerant Muslim Superhero Comics as “Evil”

Juan Cole

(By Naif Al-Mutawa) Seven years ago, THE 99 [super-hero comics] were granted approvals to Saudi Arabia. What began as a suspicious relationship, my not expecting approvals to begin with, and their suspicion of the subversive nature of the content we were at loggerheads. It turned out that the solution was simple. I had to first […]

Arab World
From Raybans to Portrait Underwear: Sisi-Mania floods Egypt with Kitsch

From Raybans to Portrait Underwear: Sisi-Mania floods Egypt with Kitsch

Juan Cole

(By Leila Zaki Chakravarti) Egypt’s current political scene is marked by ’Sisi-mania’, as the new leader’s supporters scramble to snap up the latest items of Sisi-branded consumer kitsch. A gendered reading of this ‘patriotic consumerism’ reveals its role in negotiating citizenship within Egypt’s refashioned political order. “In the end I suppose I’ll marry my cousin […]

Constitution
Former FBI Agent: NYPD’s Muslim-Spying Demographics Unit Was Almost Completely Useless

Former FBI Agent: NYPD’s Muslim-Spying Demographics Unit Was Almost Completely Useless

Juan Cole

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Israel
Israel okayed nearly 14,000 squatter homes on Palestinian land during talks with Palestinians

Israel okayed nearly 14,000 squatter homes on Palestinian land during talks with Palestinians

Juan Cole

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Climate Change
If you are younger than 29, you’ve never experienced a cooler than average Month: March Was 4th Warmest on Record Globally

If you are younger than 29, you’ve never experienced a cooler than average Month: March Was 4th Warmest on Record Globally

Juan Cole

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Featured
The Sterling Racism Scandal: What about Associating with Muslim People?

The Sterling Racism Scandal: What about Associating with Muslim People?

Juan Cole

(By Juan Cole) LA Clippers owner Donald Tokowitz Sterling is alleged to have told Maria Vanessa Perez (“V. Stiviano”) off for putting up an Instagram photo of herself with Magic Johnson: “It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you’re associating with black people.” He denies the charge. But Sterling has a […]

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