Juan Cole

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

Israel: Polling suggests Extreme-Right Netanyahu Coalition in Trouble, as Tens of Thousands Protest

The currently dominant right wing coalition would fall from holding 61 seats in the 120-member Israeli parliament or Knesset to only 50.

The bad news is that in October and November 2025, “the majority of the population continued to face high levels of acute food insecurity

Two-thirds of California’s electricity retail sales are now generated by renewables.

It is a paradox that Americans at some points say they like Muslims, but take a dim view on the whole of their religion.

Only about 20 countries globally get a quarter or more of their power from solar.

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

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.

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

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