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For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry
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For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry

Juan Cole

Muslim mystics such as Rumi, Attar and other Sufi writers often referred to Jesus as a symbol of spirituality and love.

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After mass Killings in Syria, can a fragmented Country stay United?

After mass Killings in Syria, can a fragmented Country stay United?

By Ali Mamouri, Deakin University Shortly after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the new government led by rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa pledged […]

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CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM March 11, 2025Katrina Armstrong, PresidentColumbia UniversityDaniel Abebe, DeanColumbia School of Law Dear President Armstrong and Dean Abebe: We are writing […]

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Back to the Bad old Days of Empire and Self-Destructive Tariffs: Trump as McKinley Redux

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Among tariffs, territorial ambitions and other threats to America’s well-being by Pres. Trump, one of the more severethreats may be his […]

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Kurds
Syria integration deal with Kurds brings Relief after Days of bitter Violence wracks war-torn Country

Syria integration deal with Kurds brings Relief after Days of bitter Violence wracks war-torn Country

By Rob Geist Pinfold, King’s College London (The Conversation) – The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic […]

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Bill of Rights
We are All Mahmoud Khalil

We are All Mahmoud Khalil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The arrest of legal permanent U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil, 29, by Department of Homeland Security agents for thought crimes is […]

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Alawites
Syria: End Coastal Killing Spree, Protect Civilians

Syria: End Coastal Killing Spree, Protect Civilians

Summary Executions, Indiscriminate Shootings, Outrages on Personal Dignity. ( Human Rights Watch – (New York) – Summary executions and other atrocities have taken place in Syria’s […]

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Health-Care Workers in Gaza should not be a Target: Their Detention and Death affect the Whole Population

Health-Care Workers in Gaza should not be a Target: Their Detention and Death affect the Whole Population

By Tania King, The University of Melbourne; Fiona Stanley, The Kids Research Institute Australia; Guy Gillor, The University of Melbourne; Rob Moodie, The University of […]

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Israel Cuts Electricity for Water to Gaza, as Smotrich plans Expulsion of 5,000 Palestinian Civilians a Day for One Year

Israel Cuts Electricity for Water to Gaza, as Smotrich plans Expulsion of 5,000 Palestinian Civilians a Day for One Year

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghribi at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen ordered late Sunday that […]

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