Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mahmoud Mujadala at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the spokesman for the Israeli army, Effie Defrin, announced Monday […]
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American Weapons, provided to Syrian rebels, fall into Hands of al-Qaeda
By Juan Cole The al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra (the Succor Front) not only took the territory of the moderate Muslim Syria Revolutionaries Front this weekend, […]
Can’t We all Get Along? Sunni-Shi’a Commonalities
By Tareq A. Ramadan As we enter the Islamic New Year (1436 AH) and therefore the month of Muharram (one of Islam’s sacred months), many […]
The Critical spirit of Islam against the mass insanity of ISIS
By Neslihan Çevik The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), having declared itself a caliphate, is now making a call to all Muslims (especially […]
Ebola’s not the First Racial Germ Panic: The Long History of Xenophobia and Scapegoating
By Dan Dinello The attempt by some GOP politicians to tie the ebola outbreak to immigration issues is nothing new in American or European history. […]
Bernie Sanders on Breaking Big Money’s Grip on Elections (Moyers)
Bill Moyers: “Bernie Sanders, Vermont’s independent senator, is angry about what he sees as big money’s wholesale purchase of political power. It’s a grave threat, […]
Fierce Entanglements require Dialogue: Israeli-Palestinian conflict rooted in their different stories about the World
By Donald Ellis When I was in Israel for a year on a Fulbright conducting research I interviewed Israelis, Palestinians, and Israeli Arabs. I asked […]
US Dilemma in Syria: Moderate Stronghold Falls to al-Qaeda, Fighters desert to Extremists
By Juan Cole In a big setback for the Obama administration’s Syria policy, the al-Qaeda affiliate Succor Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) took the town of Deir […]
Israel’s Exclusion of Palestinians from Area C Costs Pals. $2.2 bn a Year
World Bank “If businesses and farms were permitted to develop on Area C land, 61 percent of the West Bank, it would add as much […]
Will growing gap between rich and poor influence midterm elections?
CCTV “In the United States, the gap between rich and poor is the highest it has been since 1928. This gap is painfully obvious in […]
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