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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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Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria:  Should We?

Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria: Should We?

Guest post from Brian Glyn Williams on viable strategy to diminish terrorist attacks in the West.

Juan Cole

Central Asia
Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized?  Militant Secularism in Central Asia

Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized? Militant Secularism in Central Asia

By Farangis Najibullah and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL) | – – Nabijon spends nearly 10 hours a day inside his one-room barbershop on a […]

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Islam-hatred
Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

By Max Farrar and Rumana Hashem | (Open Democracy) | – – After the 13/11 atrocities in Paris, with global elites increasingly turning their dreams […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Upheaval in Palestine and Israel: Occupation and beyond (96 Palestinians, 17 Israelis Killed since Oct. 1)

Upheaval in Palestine and Israel: Occupation and beyond (96 Palestinians, 17 Israelis Killed since Oct. 1)

By Mahmoud Jabari | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – It can be argued that the rising escalation in tensions and confrontations between the Israelis […]

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Featured
8,124 Murders by Firearm in US in 2014 vs.  29  (Equiv. 144) in UK

8,124 Murders by Firearm in US in 2014 vs. 29 (Equiv. 144) in UK

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised The United States continues to be peculiar in handing out powerful magazine-fed firearms to almost […]

Juan Cole

Featured
US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?

US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the US would send more Special Operations […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
Terrorist mocks Islam, talks ISIL, then shoots Muslim-American Taxi Driver on Thankgiving

Terrorist mocks Islam, talks ISIL, then shoots Muslim-American Taxi Driver on Thankgiving

TomoNews | (Video Report) | – – 1. TomoNews | – Update: The shooter is allegedly one Anthony Mohamed, the first name indicating a Christian. […]

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Iraq
Former US Military Chief: US invasion of Iraq spawned ISIL: ("Huge Error")

Former US Military Chief: US invasion of Iraq spawned ISIL: (“Huge Error”)

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer| (Commondreams.org) | – – The U.S. is poised to repeat all the same mistakes in Syria that it made in […]

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Banking
After 2008 Wall Street Crash, did US White Working Class Drink itself to Death?

After 2008 Wall Street Crash, did US White Working Class Drink itself to Death?

Barbara Ehrenreich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The white working class, which usually inspires liberal concern only for its paradoxical, Republican-leaning voting habits, has […]

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