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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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Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

Protesting the U of Arkansas for Removing Middle East Center Director over her Condemnation of the Bombing of Iran

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Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)

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Colonialism
Why we should be wary of Calls for an "Islamic Reformation"

Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”

this demand for an Islamic Reformation functions to inscribe a narrative of Western civilizational superiority over backward, belligerent Islam

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Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide toxic gas, and predicting catastrophe

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Iraq
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Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?

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On 9/11: How we slighted the real Threat, Climate Change, and Hyped Terrorism

Climate Change is a bigger threat than Terrorism

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China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric

China studies Banning fossil fuel Car, going 100% Electric

To fight climate change and air pollution, China going green

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Pentagon
Space Wars: The Pentagon Wants Trillions for High Tech

Space Wars: The Pentagon Wants Trillions for High Tech

But US military hasn’t won a war down here recently

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Antisemitism
Yair Netanyahu slammed for 'Classic Anti-Semitic" Cartoon, liked by Nazis

Yair Netanyahu slammed for ‘Classic Anti-Semitic” Cartoon, liked by Nazis

IMEMC News Yair Netanyahu, who is reportedly behind much of his father’s social media stunts, recently published a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful […]

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