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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Israel

Israel’s Newly Multi-Cultural Army Stirs Controversy: Ultra-Orthodox Jews & Palestinian-Israeli Christians (Goldman)

Shalom Goldman writes at IslamiCommentary: Shalom Goldman A report by the Times of Israel yesterday said religious opponents were reciting psalms, blowing the ram’s horn, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
A Tale of Two Bombings: Libya too Weak, Egypt too Strong

A Tale of Two Bombings: Libya too Weak, Egypt too Strong

On Tuesday, someone set up a Soviet-vintage 107 mortar launcher in a car outside the five-star Corinthia hotel in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, and lobbed a […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Pakistan:  20% of US Drone Victims are Civilians, 12% are Children (Woods)

Pakistan: 20% of US Drone Victims are Civilians, 12% are Children (Woods)

Exclusive: Leaked Pakistani report confirms high civilian death toll in CIA drone strikes Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A secret document […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Are Extremist Buddhists in Burma attacking Helpless Muslims? (Walton)

Are Extremist Buddhists in Burma attacking Helpless Muslims? (Walton)

(Author title: “Matthew Walton: A Primer on the Roots of Buddhist/Muslim Conflict in Myanmar, and A Way Forward” ) Matthew J. Walton writes at ISLAMiCommentary […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Dear Royal Baby: We Americans apologize for our Revolution; please be our Absolute Monarch

Dear Royal Baby: We Americans apologize for our Revolution; please be our Absolute Monarch

Dear Royal Baby: You had an ancestor named King George III that we Americans said a lot of nasty things about, and we’d like to […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Can Christianity Survive in the New Iraq?  (Teule)

Can Christianity Survive in the New Iraq? (Teule)

Larry McGill writes at ISLAMiCommentary Herman Teule There are sizeable Christian minorities in several Middle Eastern countries with Muslim majorities, but the numbers of Christians […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Chris Hedges: "We have shifted, I think, from a democratic state to... corporate totalitarianism."

Chris Hedges: “We have shifted, I think, from a democratic state to… corporate totalitarianism.”

Chris Hedges interviewed on The Real News : Excerpt of the transcript: “JAY: But, see, that’s what I’m concerned about as a citizen, I mean, […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Bye, Bye Florida:  Scientists find the last time it was this hot, Seas rose 65 feet

Bye, Bye Florida: Scientists find the last time it was this hot, Seas rose 65 feet

A study published in Nature Geoscience by researchers, from Imperial College London and their academic partners shows that 5-3 million years ago in the Pliocene, […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Indiana: “How do we get rid of” Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States?’

Indiana: “How do we get rid of” Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States?’

In a disturbing development, the Associated Press has revealed emails in which former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels advocated banning the use of Howard Zinn’s text, […]

Juan Cole

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