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Syrian-Australian Muslim halts Indian-Australian ISIL Attack on Jewish Australians
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Syrian-Australian Muslim halts Indian-Australian ISIL Attack on Jewish Australians

Juan Cole

They made a trip to the Philippines in November and Sajid Akram used an Indian passport, while Naveed used his Australian travel document.

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Soaring West Bank Violence is Fueled by Official Israeli Surrender to Settlers

Soaring West Bank Violence is Fueled by Official Israeli Surrender to Settlers

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Rebuking UC Berkeley over Suspension of Lecturer for Palestine Advocacy

Rebuking UC Berkeley over Suspension of Lecturer for Palestine Advocacy

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Lethal Legacy: Revisionism, Neoconservatism, big Money and Corruption

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Lethal Legacy: Revisionism, Neoconservatism, big Money and Corruption

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated against Netanyahu and his cabinet, due to its proposed judicial reforms

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Sudan’s Agony: Surprising Lessons for the US Resistance to Trump

Sudan’s Agony: Surprising Lessons for the US Resistance to Trump

About 45% of Sudanese, 21.2 million of them, are facing the highest levels of acute food insecurity

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Three Things that might Trigger massive Ice Sheet Collapse

Misi occurs when the seafloor beneath the ice sheet slopes downwards toward the interior of the ice sheet.

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Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power

Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power

I believe that the earliest source we have for the life of the Prophet is the Quran itself. And I believe the Quran is early.

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“Into this Universe:”  Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

“Into this Universe:” Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

He brought me first into being, to my alarm./ This life increased nothing but my bewilderment

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“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

Sharghi unveiled a luminous universe where mythology, memory, and material intertwine

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Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Jalaluddin Rumi (d. 1273) has sometimes been called “the Shakespeare of the East.” The comparison is just

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One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

Iran grapples with the collapse of its key regional ally. Tehran lost up to 50 billion dollars invested over a decade,

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The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

The cleavage threatens the post-conflict architecture, compromise the humanitarian response, and cast a shadow over Western coherence

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