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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,

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The Pakistan Link to Mumbai; Rashid: It was a Diversionary Tactic

The Pakistan Link to Mumbai; Rashid: It was a Diversionary Tactic

The Times of India worries that fundamentalist violence in Afghanistan and Pakistan are spilling over into India: ‘In Pakistan, deaths in bomb blasts and other […]

Juan Cole

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2 US Troops Killed in Mosul; Fallujah Bombers Kill 15, wound 150; Gates Prepared to Accelerate US Withdrawal

2 US Troops Killed in Mosul; Fallujah Bombers Kill 15, wound 150; Gates Prepared to Accelerate US Withdrawal

Two truck bombers in Fallujah, a former center of the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement, detonated two bombs on Thursday near a police station, killing 15 […]

Juan Cole

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Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Geneticists are now estimating that the Spanish Inquisition led to large amounts of intermarriage between nominally converted Muslims and Jews with Catholics in Spain after […]

Juan Cole

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Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Geneticists are now estimating that the Spanish Inquisition led to large amounts of intermarriage between nominally converted Muslims and Jews with Catholics in Spain after […]

Juan Cole

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Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Persepolis was the magnificent capital of ancient Iran, when that country ruled most of the civilized world, from Egypt to Central Asia and from Greece […]

Juan Cole

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Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Archeologists Discover Workers’ Town near Persepolis

Persepolis was the magnificent capital of ancient Iran, when that country ruled most of the civilized world, from Egypt to Central Asia and from Greece […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

The Kurdish president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is more or less threatening to sue the Shiite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. Al-Maliki has been creating Arab […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

Al-Maliki Refuses to Disband Councils; Talabani Invokes Constitutional Court; Basra Province Protests Iraqi Army

The Kurdish president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, is more or less threatening to sue the Shiite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki. Al-Maliki has been creating Arab […]

Juan Cole

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State Universities versus State Prisons; And Marijuana Legalization as a Solution

State Universities versus State Prisons; And Marijuana Legalization as a Solution

Why is tuition so high in state universities that the NYT is wondering if families will go on being able to afford it? As someone […]

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