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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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Islam-hatred
Sharia Law Comes To Walmart, According To Allen West

Sharia Law Comes To Walmart, According To Allen West

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – “”Fox News contributor Allen West went to Walmart and thought he was the victim of “Sharia law” […]

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Counter-Terrorism
As ISIL takes Ramadi:  America's Hydra Problem in the Middle East

As ISIL takes Ramadi: America’s Hydra Problem in the Middle East

By Inge Fryklund | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | — In the Greek myth, Heracles battles the Hydra — a multi-headed reptilian monster that was […]

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Apartheid
Illegal Israeli Squatters uproot hundreds of Palestinian olive trees near Hebron

Illegal Israeli Squatters uproot hundreds of Palestinian olive trees near Hebron

HEBRON (Ma’an) – Israeli settlers destroyed and uprooted hundreds of olive saplings in the Palestinian town of al-Shuyoukh northeast of Hebron in the southern West […]

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Arab Spring
Death Sentence for Morsi:  Egypt's Junta takes another step toward being N. Korea

Death Sentence for Morsi: Egypt’s Junta takes another step toward being N. Korea

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – That the only freely elected president Egypt has ever known has been sentenced to death is only […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Floating Graveyard: 6000 Migrants, incl. Rohingya Muslims, Marooned in SE Asia Seas

Floating Graveyard: 6000 Migrants, incl. Rohingya Muslims, Marooned in SE Asia Seas

By Kanya D’Almeida | — UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – On Thursday, May 14, a group of journalists rented a boat from Ko Lipe, a small […]

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Books

A Journalist Journeys to the Heart of the Quran (Muslim Scripture)

By JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary : Carla Power Great journalists invite us to be companions with them on their journeys […]

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Apartheid
Palestinian Christians, under Pressure, Honored by Pres. Abbas as they welcome New Saints

Palestinian Christians, under Pressure, Honored by Pres. Abbas as they welcome New Saints

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In the run up to Pope Francis’ canonization of two Palestinian nuns, President Mahmoud Abbas praises Palestinian Christians for the “distinctive dimension” […]

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Archaeology
Syria: Roman Palmyra Monuments in danger as ISIL Fighters Near

Syria: Roman Palmyra Monuments in danger as ISIL Fighters Near

BBC News | Video | – “Islamic State militants move to within a few miles of one of the world’s oldest and most important archaeological […]

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Cole:  Iraq's Ramadi falls to ISIL as Shiite Gov't refuses to Arm Sunni Tribes

Cole: Iraq’s Ramadi falls to ISIL as Shiite Gov’t refuses to Arm Sunni Tribes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The Times of Baghdad (al-Zaman) reports that fighters of the Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) terrorist group raised their black flags […]

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