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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
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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 in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

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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Americana In Arabic Translation Project

Americana In Arabic Translation Project

Americana in Arabic: Translation Project I was talking yesterday about the tragedy that American culture is so little known (except through bad television shows) in […]

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Tens Of Thousands Of Pilgrims Flock To

Tens Of Thousands Of Pilgrims Flock To

Tens of Thousands of Pilgrims Flock to Najaf, Support Sistani Wire services report that tens of thousands of Shiites thronged to the holy city of […]

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Sistani In Secure Location Annan

Sistani in a Secure Location; Annan worries about Partition of Iraq az-Zaman and Deutsche Press Agentur report that UN Secretary General gave a speech Tuesday […]

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57 Killed In Separate Incidents Iraqi

57 Killed in Separate Incidents; Iraqi Police Targeted Wire services report that: About 57 people were killed yesterday in separate incidents in Iraq. A powerful […]

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Basras Security Endangered By Drug

Basras Security Endangered By Drug

Basra’s Security Endangered by Drug Smugglers, Terrorists Az-Zaman conducted an interview with the Iraqi police chief in Basra about security there. He said the city’s […]

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Sunni Cleric In Iraq Resistance Against

Sunni Cleric In Iraq Resistance Against

Sunni Cleric in Iraq: Resistance against Occupation is Licit in International Law Muhammad Bashar al-Faidi, official spokesman for the Sunni Board of Muslim Clerics, gave […]

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Iraqi Muslim Brotherhood Seeks To

Iraqi Muslim Brotherhood Seeks To

Iraqi Muslim Brotherhood Seeks to Islamize the Constitution Muhsin Abdel Hamid, the leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (Muslim Brotherhood), is this month’s president of […]

Juan Cole

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Good Bad And Ugly Scott Taylor Reports

Good Bad And Ugly Scott Taylor Reports

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Scott Taylor reports on his bad experiences with the security situation in Iraq, painting a pretty scary picture […]

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Failure Of Us Public Diplomacy In

Failure Of Us Public Diplomacy In

Failure of US Public Diplomacy in the Middle East Michael Pan and Jeremy Weinstein argue in “Forfeiting the War of Ideas” that the US government […]

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