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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism

Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Matthew Weaver of the Guardian reports retired MIT linguist Noam Chomsky’s reply to a personal attack […]

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War Talk, Jingoism and White Supremacy at GOP Debate

War Talk, Jingoism and White Supremacy at GOP Debate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The GOP presidential debate last night veered even further right on international issues, given the absence […]

Juan Cole

Assyrians
For Iraqi Minorities, 'Immigration No Longer A Choice, It's Inevitable'

For Iraqi Minorities, ‘Immigration No Longer A Choice, It’s Inevitable’

By Saad Salloum | Baghdad| (Niqash.org) | – – In an interview, Raad Jabar al-Khamis, a representative of the Christian Sabean-Mandaean minority, talks about why […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel Sued in US over Flotilla Attacks

Israel Sued in US over Flotilla Attacks

By IMEMC | – – Four people, including three Americans, have filed a civil suit against the state of Israel, seeking compensatory damages for injuries […]

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Arab World

How a Medieval Muslim thinker invented Sociology

Stephen Dale/ Joseph Preville/ Julie Harbin | (ISLAMICommentary) | – – Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE […]

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Islam
How I Explained to My Impressionable Student That Islam Is Not Monolithic

How I Explained to My Impressionable Student That Islam Is Not Monolithic

Asma Afsaruddin | (Huffington Post) | – – On Sept. 29, 2015, President Obama addressed the United Nations summit on violent extremism. He stated that […]

Juan Cole

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Top 6 Wind Energy stories Today: Cost down 60% since 2009

Top 6 Wind Energy stories Today: Cost down 60% since 2009

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. This press release from Windpower Engineering notes that in 2015: “The German electricity system has […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
The Fifth Anniversary of Arab Uprisings: A Turning point in Modern History?

The Fifth Anniversary of Arab Uprisings: A Turning point in Modern History?

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Informed Comment) | – – The tumultuous developments that have rocked the Arab world and have come to be known as […]

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Crime
German lawmakers rush to respond to Cologne attacks as Vigilante Attacks Break Out

German lawmakers rush to respond to Cologne attacks as Vigilante Attacks Break Out

by Dario Sarmadi (trans. by Samuel Morgan) | ( EurActiv.de) | – – After the attacks carried out on women in Cologne on New Year’s […]

Juan Cole

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