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Turkey Replacing Iran As The Dominant Foreign Player In Syria
By Kian Sharifi ( RFE / RL ) – The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government at the hands of rebels, including Ankara-backed factions, has effectively […]
The Year ahead in the Middle East: A weakened Iran has big Implications for China
By Daniel Lincoln, University of Alberta (The Conversation) – The wheels of history have been turning rapidly in the Middle East over the last year. […]
For Christmas: The Persian Poet Nezami’s Story of Jesus Finding Virtues even in the Lowliest
On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
Archiving as resistance to Genocide Denial in Gaza
Eleftheria Kousta ( Waging Nonviolence ) – After the war and genocide in southeastern Bosnia in 1993, two very important forces shaped the society that […]
Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest is intensifying across the World
By Oscar Berglund, University of Bristol and Tie Franco Brotto, University of Bristol (The Conversation) – Climate and environmental protest is being criminalised and repressed […]
The Great Sufi Qushayri on “Responding to Evil with the Greatest Good” (Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men in Islam)
This fall I published an article, “Sufi Commentaries on a Quranic Peace Verse: Responding to Evil with the greatest Good in Q. 41:33–35,” in the […]
Palestinian Christians call on Western Churches to ‘Humanize’ the Children of Gaza
By Jane Barter, University of Winnipeg (The Conversation) – The human rights group, Amnesty International, recently issued a report concluding that Israel’s actions in Gaza […]
Israel invades and Occupies more of Syria, as World stands By
( Code Pink ) – The United States, Turkey and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing […]
Pope Francis: “I Think of Gaza, of so much Cruelty, of the Children Machine-Gunned”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the Sunday before Christmas, Pope Francis said, “May the weapons be silenced and Christmas carols resound!” according to Kristina […]
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