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Archives for May 2019

Qur'an
Love, Peace, Forgiveness and Light dominate the Qur’an

Love, Peace, Forgiveness and Light dominate the Qur’an

Juan Cole

339 – Times words from the root for mercy and compassion (rhm) occur

Climate Change
The Meaning of the Green New Deal: Tackling Climate Change but with Good Union Jobs

The Meaning of the Green New Deal: Tackling Climate Change but with Good Union Jobs

OtherWords

By Héctor J. Figueroa | – Across the country, you’ll find millions of working families whose wages haven’t budged in a generation, even as the cost of living has skyrocketed. Many of these same communities are now getting hit hardest by floods, droughts, storms, and other climate disasters. How are workers going to withstand rising […]

Muslim-Americans
The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden

The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden

The Conversation

The fashion shows were a means of highlighting the creative ways Nation of Islam women could dress modestly and maintain the unique aesthetic

Israel/ Palestine
Failure to Launch: Trump's Palestine 'Deal' Stillborn

Failure to Launch: Trump’s Palestine ‘Deal’ Stillborn

Middle East Monitor

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – There is seemingly no stopping deluded prospectors digging for nuggets of gold in the empty mine of Palestinian leaders’ capitulation. True, that mine once contained rich seams. Small, but rich enough. In 1993 Yasser Arafat terminated the First Intifada, the popular Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. In exchange, […]

Featured
US hits milestone of 2 Million Home Solar Installations, to double by 2023

US hits milestone of 2 Million Home Solar Installations, to double by 2023

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) just released a report showing that there are 2 million solar home installations in the United States. That is enough to power 12 million homes. (There are 127 million households in the US, and about 64% of Americans […]

Islamophobia
Sensationalist Media coverage of Radical Muslim Terrorism makes Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Spike

Sensationalist Media coverage of Radical Muslim Terrorism makes Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Spike

British Policy and Politics

Ria Ivandic,Tom Kirchmaier, and Stephen Machin study the empirical connections between local anti-Muslim hate crimes and international jihadi terror attacks. They find that local Muslim populations face a media-magnified likelihood of hate crime victimization in the days following such incidents. (British Policy and Politics) – In recent years, the frequency of jihadi terrorist attacks around […]

Green Transportation
All Cars in Los Angeles to be Electric by 2050-- but is that too Late?

All Cars in Los Angeles to be Electric by 2050– but is that too Late?

Climate Home News

By Natalie Sauer | – Los Angeles’ car-choked arteries will run clean within decades, according to a green reform package unveiled by mayor Eric Garcetti in late April. Speaking only a week after New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced his own framework climate legislation, Garcetti presented plans to revolutionise local car culture and […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians:  US is Imposing a Surrender Plan on us, not a Peace Deal

Palestinians: US is Imposing a Surrender Plan on us, not a Peace Deal

Maan News Agency

US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt said that illegal Israeli settlements are not keeping Israelis and the Palestinians from negotiating peace

Featured
Trump, hostage to Bolton and Pompeo, Pleads with Iran to call and Rescue Him

Trump, hostage to Bolton and Pompeo, Pleads with Iran to call and Rescue Him

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julian Borger at The Guardian reports that Trump gave an impromptu news conference on Thursday in which he urged Iran to call him, as though he was being held hostage by John Bolton and Mike Pompeo and was signalling that Iran should rescue him. I happened to see the bizarre […]

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