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Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power
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Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power

Juan Cole

I believe that the earliest source we have for the life of the Prophet is the Quran itself. And I believe the Quran is early.

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“Into this Universe:”  Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

“Into this Universe:” Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

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“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

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Iran Leader Khamenei:  We are not Opposed to Nuclear Talks, Will Accept Just Deal

Iran Leader Khamenei: We are not Opposed to Nuclear Talks, Will Accept Just Deal

By Juan Cole | — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the clerical Leader of Iran, told an assemblage of volunteer paramilitary (Basij) forces on Thursday that he […]

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Americans ask Pres. Obama to show Thanksgiving Mercy to Gaza

Americans ask Pres. Obama to show Thanksgiving Mercy to Gaza

PressTV | — “President Obama pardoned two turkeys at the White House today, a tradition meant to illustrate the generosity and compassion of the Thanksgiving […]

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Can the Police Phone-Track you without a Warrant?

Can the Police Phone-Track you without a Warrant?

Hanni Fakhoury and Jennifer Lynch (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Once again, a federal court will decide whether police can track your movements over an extended period […]

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Economy
Iraq Famine Threat?   IS Daesh/ ISIL Stealing Wheat, Preventing Farmers from Providing Food?

Iraq Famine Threat? IS Daesh/ ISIL Stealing Wheat, Preventing Farmers from Providing Food?

JURF-AL-SAKHAR/DUBAI (IRIN) | — November is usually a busy month for farmers in the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakhar as they sow their seeds ahead […]

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Apartheid
How Israel's Bus Segregation Affects Palestinian Workers

How Israel’s Bus Segregation Affects Palestinian Workers

AJ+ | — ‘Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has argued for keeping Palestinian workers off of public Israeli buses. Yaalon says the laborers are dangerous […]

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Climate Change
Thanksgiving was always about Climate and Adaptation: Let’s Make it Green Again

Thanksgiving was always about Climate and Adaptation: Let’s Make it Green Again

By Juan Cole | — The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a […]

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nationalism
Turkish Pres. Erdogan says Women not Equal to Men: "Their System is Different."

Turkish Pres. Erdogan says Women not Equal to Men: “Their System is Different.”

Euronews | — “The Turkish President has triggered fresh controversy, declaring in a speech that women are not equal to men. Recep Tayyip Erdogan also […]

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Afghanistan
What if it was Russia and China invading and Bombing?  The Blindness of MSM and Washington

What if it was Russia and China invading and Bombing? The Blindness of MSM and Washington

By Tom Engelhardt (Tomdispatch.com) | — Let’s play a game, the kind that makes no sense on this single-superpower planet of ours. For a moment, […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming brings extreme Floods and Drought:  World Bank

Global Warming brings extreme Floods and Drought: World Bank

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer (Commondreams.org) “Even very ambitious mitigation” can’t change the fact that the world has already “locked in” mid-century warming of 1.5°C […]

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