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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

09/14/2025 By Global Voices

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Pakistan: 700 Militants Killed; Hundreds of Thousands Displaced

Pakistan: 700 Militants Killed; Hundreds of Thousands Displaced

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber hit a checkpoint near Peshawar on Monday morning, killing 10 The Pakistani military is claiming it has killed hundreds of […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Seeks Hikmatyar Alliance; Government’s Tie to Drug Trade President’s Brother Threatens Journalist

Karzai Seeks Hikmatyar Alliance; Government’s Tie to Drug Trade President’s Brother Threatens Journalist

Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government is pursuing talks with Gulbadin Hekmatyar, an old holy warrior of the 1980s and 1990s who helped destroy Afghanistan. Hekmatyar […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Complains about US Air-Strikes

Karzai Complains about US Air-Strikes

Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded Friday that the US military cease its aerial bombing campaigns in Afghanistan, in the wake of a mistaken bombing alleged […]

Juan Cole

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Obama to Speak from Cairo

Obama to Speak from Cairo

President Obama will fulfill his pledge to make a major address to the Muslim world from a Muslim capital from Cairo on June 4. Although […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan PM Vows Victory Against Taliban

Pakistan PM Vows Victory Against Taliban

On Thursday in Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced that the Pakistani government would seek no further peace deals with the Pakistani Taliban but […]

Juan Cole

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Cole at MPAC/ National Press Club

Cole at MPAC/ National Press Club

My appearance on Monday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. at an event of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in connection with the […]

Juan Cole

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Return to Unity Government in Pakistan?

Return to Unity Government in Pakistan?

Reuters suggests that one of the outcomes of Wednesday’s summit between Obama, Zardari and Karzai might be a US push for a national unity government […]

Juan Cole

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Truck Bombing in Market Kills 15; Sadrists to contest Elections Independently

Truck Bombing in Market Kills 15; Sadrists to contest Elections Independently

Guerrillas detonated a parked truck bomb at a market in mostly Sunni Arab Dora on Wednesday morning, killing 15 and wounding 50. A big truck […]

Juan Cole

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US Airstrike Kills Dozens; Christian Proselytizing in Muslim Afghanistan

US Airstrike Kills Dozens; Christian Proselytizing in Muslim Afghanistan

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington, DC was overshadowed by a controversy over another US airstrike gone astray in Farah Province south of Herat, […]

Juan Cole

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