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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

12/14/2025 By Juan Cole

“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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Dear Rick Perry:  Would Teddy Roosevelt have extended Medicaid to all? (Poster)

Dear Rick Perry: Would Teddy Roosevelt have extended Medicaid to all? (Poster)

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States with Highest White Teen Births most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest White Teen Births most Opposed to Obamacare

[Some responses to this rather damning series have suggested that minority health statistics skew the averages. So in this map, we’ll just look at the […]

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Morsi provokes Constitutional Crisis in Egypt by recalling Parliament

Morsi provokes Constitutional Crisis in Egypt by recalling Parliament

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi tried to steal third base on Sunday, announcing that he was calling back into session the dissolved Egyptian parliament. It would […]

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Top Ten Surprises on Libya’s Election Day

Top Ten Surprises on Libya’s Election Day

Most Western reporting on Libya is colored by what is in my view a combination of extreme pessimism and sensationalism. It has been suggested that […]

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States with Highest Infant Mortality Rates most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest Infant Mortality Rates most Opposed to Obamacare

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Voters in Libya:  Indescribable Joy, “Libya is Free”

Voters in Libya: Indescribable Joy, “Libya is Free”

Saturday morning, 2.8 million registered voters in Libya went to the polls to choose a parliament for the first time since 1965. One woman standing […]

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Omar Khayyam (492)  “What’s with your supposed zodiac?”

Omar Khayyam (492) “What’s with your supposed zodiac?”

What’s with your supposed zodiac, then, that it is so helpful to the nasty? It bestows on them palatial baths, and  mill works,  and long walkways to their mansions– […]

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Libya’s Elections Hold Vast Promise, Pose Hard Challenges

Libya’s Elections Hold Vast Promise, Pose Hard Challenges

Libya goes to the polls on Saturday for the first time since 1965. Since in that 1965 election parties were banned, and since King Idris’s […]

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States with fewest Passports most Opposed to Obamacare

States with fewest Passports most Opposed to Obamacare

Only about one third of Americans have passports, and if it weren’t for the post- September 11 requirement that one travel to Canada and Mexico […]

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