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‘Free Libya’ Crowds in Benghazi rally against Militias, Drive al-Qaeda out of City
The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 was seen by many observers as a sign of Libyan radicalism or instability […]
Are Judges finally Standing up to Secretive Drone Assassinations? (Searle)
Jack Searle writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Three federal appeal court judges greeted US government efforts to block the release of information on […]
Tunisian Muslim Leader Warns of Dangers of Violent Fundamentalism
As the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior announced that no demonstrations would be permitted on Friday, the Muslim leader Rached Ghanoushi warned of the dangers […]
Heartbeats around the World (Video)
“Engage: A Cloud-Sourced Film, or, “Heartbeats around the World”:
The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife and Sacred History from Judaism to Islam
The Harvard Magazine gives a full account of the deciphering by Professor Karen L. King of a fragmentary Coptic fragment on papyrus from the otherwise […]
Fury Unbound: the Muslim Dilemma (Majid)
Anouar Majid writes from Rabat, Morocco, in a guest column for Informed Comment The French are in trouble. The publication Charlie Hebdo has just published […]
Romney lets the 47% Know Exactly how he feels about Them (Jamiol Cartoon)
From Paul Jamiol’s World
Martin Luther King, Jr. in Arabic Translation
The Global Americana Institute is delighted to announce the publication in Arabic of Marshall Frady’s biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. along with some of […]
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