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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

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Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ ISIL advances on North Aleppo against Sunni Rebels

US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ ISIL advances on North Aleppo against Sunni Rebels

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Daesh (ISIL, ISIS), the murderous terrorist organization that has taken over the eastern desert of Syria and […]

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Islam-hatred
United Tells Muslim Woman Passenger 'No Soda For Terrorists'

United Tells Muslim Woman Passenger ‘No Soda For Terrorists’

Jose Marcelino Ortiz and Nik Zecevic | (TheLipTV Video) | — “United Airlines discriminated against Muslim passenger Tahera Ahmad following a request she made for […]

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Africa
Can Nigeria's new Muslim President defeat Boko Haram Extremists?

Can Nigeria’s new Muslim President defeat Boko Haram Extremists?

By Lisa Vives | — NEW YORK (IPS) – Muhammadu Buhari, his hand on the Holy Book, was sworn in as Nigeria’s president at an […]

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Antisemitism
Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today's Islam-Hatred?

Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today’s Islam-Hatred?

Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | – Recently, the head of the Dutch national police Gerard Bouman warned against the poison that was seeping into […]

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Israel
SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem

SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem

AJ+ | (Video) | – “It’s a city where women have been forced to sit at the back of buses. Now Israel’s women are demanding […]

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Bill of Rights
Thank you, Edward Snowden:  An End to General Warrants as so-called PATRIOT Act expires

Thank you, Edward Snowden: An End to General Warrants as so-called PATRIOT Act expires

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The US government behemoth dedicated to spying on us all in contravention of the Constitution will likely be […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias Retake area west of Ramadi from ISIL/ Daesh

Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias Retake area west of Ramadi from ISIL/ Daesh

Press TV | (Video) — Reports coming out of Iraq suggest that government forces have managed to recapture a 5-kilometer area in the west of […]

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Iraq
Kurdish Muslims abandoning Islam for Zoroastrianism in Disgust at ISIL/ Daesh?

Kurdish Muslims abandoning Islam for Zoroastrianism in Disgust at ISIL/ Daesh?

By Alaa Latif | (Niqash.org) The small, ancient religion of Zoroastrianism is being revived in northern Iraq. Followers say locals should join because it’s a […]

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Apartheid
As new Gaza Aid Effort sets Sail, Activists mark 5 years since Israeli attack

As new Gaza Aid Effort sets Sail, Activists mark 5 years since Israeli attack

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Activists in Gaza City on Sunday marked five years since Israel’s deadly attack on the first Freedom Flotilla in 2010, a […]

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