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Archives for November 2015

censorship
Turkey’s Coup against Press, own Generals over Arms Supplies to Syrian Militants

Turkey’s Coup against Press, own Generals over Arms Supplies to Syrian Militants

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey has jailed two very prominent journalists for publishing video last May of a January, 2014, Turkish intelligence convoy of weapons to Syrian militants. When I say prominent, I mean prominent. They are Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul. […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
What does ISIL/ Daesh actually want?

What does ISIL/ Daesh actually want?

contributors

By Amalendu Misra | (the Conversation) | – – Every religious community, at some point in its history, has harboured a vision of the apocalypse. It reminds us that the world periodically goes through tumultuous socio-religious strife, agonising chaos and unbearable anarchy. Hence Christians refer to an Antichrist in the context of an irredeemable age. […]

Employment
The GOP Race as America’s Hunger Games

The GOP Race as America’s Hunger Games

contributors

Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Fact: too many Republican candidates are clogging the political scene. Perhaps what’s needed is an American Hunger Games to cut the field to size. Each candidate could enter the wilderness with one weapon and one undocumented worker and see who wins. Unlike in the fictional Hunger Games for […]

Muslim-Americans
Muslims are our Scientists, Physicians, Philanthropists & are critical to American progress

Muslims are our Scientists, Physicians, Philanthropists & are critical to American progress

contributors

By Dalia Mogahed and John L. Esposito | (Progressive Media Project) | – – While the world mourned the savage and senseless loss of innocent life, some capitalized on the attacks in Paris to score political points. Within hours, Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., tweeted: “How’s that Syrian refugee resettlement look now? How about that mass […]

Israel/ Palestine
Angered that EU labels Squatter W. Bank Products, Israel suspends EU from “Peace Process”

Angered that EU labels Squatter W. Bank Products, Israel suspends EU from “Peace Process”

contributors

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel said Sunday that it would suspend diplomatic contacts with European Union bodies involved in the Palestinian peace process, following an EU decision earlier this month to label goods produced in Israel’s illegal settlements. The Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement that Israeli Prime Minister […]

Economy
Turkey reels as Putin imposes Stiff Economic Sanctions

Turkey reels as Putin imposes Stiff Economic Sanctions

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Russian sanctions announced by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday could have a severe impact on the Turkish economy. It is not clear whether President Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu did not expect this severe a reaction to the shoot-down of a Russian fighter […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Poll: Muslims actually HATE ISIL/ Daesh

Poll: Muslims actually HATE ISIL/ Daesh

contributors

Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore & Francesca Fiorentini | (The Young Turks) | – – N. B. Charts courtesy Pew Research Center [N.B. 6% of Buddhists in Malaysia think well of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), which either means they see it as anti-imperial or they just don’t know what it is. This statistic should provide […]

Russia
Are Putin’s Economic Sanctions on Turkey the end of a Golden Age in Moscow-Ankara Relations?

Are Putin’s Economic Sanctions on Turkey the end of a Golden Age in Moscow-Ankara Relations?

contributors

By Alexander Titov | (The Conversation) | – – In locking horns over Syria, Russia and Turkey are playing out the latest chapter in a rivalry that has spanned centuries. Since the 1600s the two have lurched between conflict and uneasy friendship. But the war of words that has erupted since Turkey shot down a […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli squatters in Palestine storm Palestinian activist center in Hebron

Israeli squatters in Palestine storm Palestinian activist center in Hebron

contributors

Ma’an News Agency Israeli settlers sitting at tables and chairs they brought into the garden of the Youth Against Settlements activist center. HEBRON (Ma’an) — Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the headquarters of the Youth Against Settlements activist group in central Hebron on Saturday and demanded its closure. Issa Amro, the head of the activist […]

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