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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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American Jews
Mark Zuckerberg Stands With Muslims & Fox goes after Him

Mark Zuckerberg Stands With Muslims & Fox goes after Him

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks video report) | & Media Matters | – – 1. Media Matters Tweet: Fox co-hosts attack Mark Zuckerberg over […]

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Iraq
Iraqis wrangle over who should free Mosul: Kurds, Russia, US or Shiite Militias?

Iraqis wrangle over who should free Mosul: Kurds, Russia, US or Shiite Militias?

Iman Asaad | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) | – – Who would be the best to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State group? A survey of […]

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Republican Party
Robert Gordon U in Scotland Strips Trump of Honorary Degree

Robert Gordon U in Scotland Strips Trump of Honorary Degree

Contessa Brewer | (CBSN video news report) | – – “In the wake of his controversial plan to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., Robert […]

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If Defeating ISIL/ Daesh is so imp't, why isn't Ramadi Campaign all we're talking about?

If Defeating ISIL/ Daesh is so imp’t, why isn’t Ramadi Campaign all we’re talking about?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Given the large number of vehement pronouncements by US presidential candidates about the dire threat from […]

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Islam-hatred
The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate:  How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews

The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate: How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews

BY TAREQ A. RAMADAN | (Informed Comment) | – – Highly essentialist and virulent anti-Islamic, anti-Arab ‘conservative’ platitudes on Islam and Muslims being disseminated by […]

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Israel Lobbies
The real Threat to Peace?  Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary

The real Threat to Peace? Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary

By Sina Toossi | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – With pundits and columnists dissecting and critiquing every word uttered by GOP front-runners Ben […]

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Syria
10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria

10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria

By Ian Sinclair | (Open Democracy) | – – Following the Paris terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015, the British government has got its wish […]

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Israel/ Palestine
US nonprofits 'donate $220 mn.' to Israeli Squatter settlements on Palestinian West Bank

US nonprofits ‘donate $220 mn.’ to Israeli Squatter settlements on Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over $220 million has been given in tax-exempted US funds to illegal Israeli settlements in the […]

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European Union
Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: "Mr Trump...is feeding hatred and misinformation"

Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: “Mr Trump…is feeding hatred and misinformation”

Euractiv.com | – – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday (8 December) defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, comparing his […]

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