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Putin, Furious, calls Turkey ‘accomplices of terrorists’ after Russian jet downing
EurActiv.com | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet today (24 November) a stab in the back administered […]
Americans’ views of Islam depend on whether they’re at war overseas
The Bridge Initiative | – – Washington, DC The Bridge Initiative, a Georgetown University research project on Islamophobia, releases today its inaugural report which traces […]
Saudi Arabia: Poet Sentenced to Death for Apostasy
Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – A Saudi court sentenced a Palestinian man to death for apostasy on November 17, 2015, for alleged […]
From Putin To Khamenei: A Koran Copy With Its Own History
By RFE/RL | – – It may not be the original version of the first . . . edition of the Koran, dating back 1,500 […]
Muslims are integrated in France, but the bad guys want a clash of civilizations.
By Sebastian Rotella | ( ProPublica PARIS — Ten days after the Paris terror attacks, Europe remains on edge. Police in Belgium, anticipating a similar […]
Pushing back against ISIL/ Daesh: How the Kurds Reclaimed Sinjar
VICE News | (Video report) | – – “Islamic State (IS) fighters swept into the Iraqi city of Sinjar in August 2014, forcing Kurdish peshmerga […]
Against Trump: 9/11 Muslim Candlelight vigils Sympathizing with US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The meme that Muslims celebrated the attacks of 9/11 has always been mostly a piece of […]
8,855 Murders by Firearm in US in 2012 vs. 30 (Equiv. 164) in UK
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reprint edn. The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to […]
‘Very Soon’ US forces will Arrive in Syria; Russia bombs near Turkey
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkey’s government is very unhappy today about developments in Syria. President Obama’s special envoy, Brett McGurk, […]
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