Informed Comment - Part 1063

Pittsburgh Jewish Leaders to Trump: You are Part of the Problem

Washington (AFP) – A group of Pittsburgh Jewish leaders wrote an open letter to President Donald Trump Sunday telling him he bears responsibility for a […]

AFP

Corruption

Trump Clan Accused of Enticing the Poor to Invest in Sham Business

Trump received secret payments worth millions of dollars for his services

AFP

Mass Extinction

Since 1970, Humans have Wiped out 60% of Animals with a Backbone

Paris (AFP) – Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth’s capacity to accommodate humanity’s expanding appetites, the conservation group […]

Marlowe Hood

Islam

In the Muslim Scriptures, making Peace takes Precedence (re: Juan’s new Book)

The chapter of The Cow in the Qur’an, 2:224, says, “Do not render your oaths in God’s name an obstacle to being pious and godfearing, […]

Juan Cole

Yemen

Saudi-led War on Yemen has Killed 56,000, 5x more than Thought: Study

A study by an independent conflict research group estimates the death toll is 56,000 people, not including those who have died due to the man-made […]

TeleSur

Antisemitism

Gunman blamed Jews for Bringing Muslims, Honduran Caravan to US

with Issam AHMED in Washington | – Pittsburgh (AFP) – In the months leading up to Saturday’s massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Robert Bowers used […]

Jennie Matthew

Antisemitism

Does anti-Muslimism enable anti-Semitism?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The outbreak of violence in the past week by two far right extremists, one of them a big Trump fan […]

Juan Cole

Muslim-Americans

Muslim-American Community Raises Money for Pittsburgh Victims

The campaign, hosted by Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood, aimed to help the victims, “whether it is the injured victims or the Jewish families who have […]

TeleSur

Iran