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Islam:  A New History
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Islam: A New History

Joseph Richard Preville

A Review of Islam: A New History, from Muhammad to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2025) by John Tolan Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

As US Pushes For Zero Enrichment, Iran Insists It Won’t Give Up Nuclear Program

As US Pushes For Zero Enrichment, Iran Insists It Won’t Give Up Nuclear Program

05/22/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Israel’s Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won’t Avert It

Israel’s Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won’t Avert It

05/22/2025 By The Conversation

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African-Americans
Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag:  Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate

Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag: Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate

Benjamin Foldy | (Informed Comment) | – – When the perpetrator in the horrific massacre at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston was first publicly […]

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African-Americans
Our reply to Dylann Roof's Hate:  Donate to "Mother Emanuel" AME Church

Our reply to Dylann Roof’s Hate: Donate to “Mother Emanuel” AME Church

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There are many essential responses to the racist terrorism that attacked Emanuel AME Church, which the […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists

Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “When we have certain kinds of attacks in this country, there is terrorism world-wide, it’s […]

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Iraq
End of Sykes-Picot:  Is Independence for Iraqi Kurdistan a Decade Away?

End of Sykes-Picot: Is Independence for Iraqi Kurdistan a Decade Away?

Niqash.org | Sulaymaniyah | – – As Iraqis and Syrians fight, Kurds are holding elections and drafting laws. After Kurds also won in Turkish elections, […]

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Economy
From Iran:  Sanctions help the Hardliners

From Iran: Sanctions help the Hardliners

William Beeman | (Informed Comment) | – – Bill Beeman writes from Iran: I am continuing my trip through Iran traveling from Yazd to Isfahan […]

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Barack Obama
Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again):  Washington in Wonderland

Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again): Washington in Wonderland

By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – There is a peculiar form of insanity in which a veneer of rationality distracts attention from […]

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African-Americans
Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats

Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Update: Suspected shooter Dylann Roof has been apprehended. He had a gun with him at the […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Why Conservatives fear Pope's Climate Letter:  A Radical Attack on the Logic of the Market

Why Conservatives fear Pope’s Climate Letter: A Radical Attack on the Logic of the Market

Steffen Böhm | (The Conversation) | – – What makes Pope Francis and his 187-page encyclical so radical isn’t just his call to urgently tackle […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
French Telco CEO Receives Death Threats, is Cyberstalked over Withdrawal from Israel

French Telco CEO Receives Death Threats, is Cyberstalked over Withdrawal from Israel

By IMEMC | – – Orange boss Stephane Richard has taken legal action after receiving death threats against himself and family members amid a row […]

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