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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
Constitution

Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America

Juan Cole

But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

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The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

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Egypt
Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)

Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)

Some book keeping for new readers. Subscribe to postings by email here You can follow the blog via Twitter @jricole. The Facebook Informed Comment fan […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)

The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)

Doug Saunders writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Three Myths About Muslims That Have Poisoned American Politics The attacks on two of […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”

Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”

I’m going to murder my grief               with a bottle                    of […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Tunis:  View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)

Tunis: View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)

Photograph by Juan Cole, May, 2012

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Michele Bachmann is flailing around accusing all the US government officials of Muslim heritage of being connected to the Muslim Brotherhood (which in turn she […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

Some 300,000 violent crimes are committed each year in the US with the aid of a firearm.. One of the arguments for not banning the […]

Juan Cole

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The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com (excerpt Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

Police are concluding that the semi-automatic rifle with 100-round drum attached used by the Aurora shooter jammed. He was then forced to use his Glock […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

On Saturday and Sunday, the Free Syrian Army launched attacks on government facilities and personnel in Aleppo, with fighting raging in several districts of the […]

Juan Cole

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