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Archives: religion
![Who Was the mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, and Whose Rumi Is He?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/who-was-the-mystic-jalaluddin-ru-187x137.jpg)
![Abuses of Fallujah Sunnis Raise Question: Does Iraq Gov’t Control of Shiite Militias](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/abuses-of-fallujah-sunnis-raise-187x137.jpg)
Abuses of Fallujah Sunnis Raise Question: Does Iraq Gov’t Control of Shiite Militias
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – The announced investigation into allegations of abuse of civilians around Fallujah by Iraqi government forces is a test for the government’s ability to hold…![How The US, Iraqi Army And Shiite Militias United – Then Split – In Fallujah](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/how-the-us-iraqi-army-and-shiite-187x137.jpg)
How The US, Iraqi Army And Shiite Militias United – Then Split – In Fallujah
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Anti-extremist forces have been fighting in Fallujah for a week. But before they began, there were serious negotiations between the partners-in-battle. And…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/pelham-1-187x137.jpg)
Holy Lands: Reviving Pluralism in the Middle East
by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN | ( ISLAMiCommentary) | - - Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville How did the rise of nation-states in the 20th century…![Modern Mongols: Sunni Arabs outraged at Iran role in Iraqi Gov’t Fallujah Campaign](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/modern-mongols-sunni-arabs-outra-187x137.jpg)
Modern Mongols: Sunni Arabs outraged at Iran role in Iraqi Gov’t Fallujah Campaign
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - BBC Monitoring surveyed the Arabic press on 27 May for the issue of the Iranian role in the Iraq government campaign to take…![ISIL hits Syrian Regime in Shiite northwest, killing 150](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/isil-hits-syrian-regime-in-shiit-187x137.jpg)
ISIL hits Syrian Regime in Shiite northwest, killing 150
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The leftist Beirut daily al-Safir reports that security in Syria broke down dramatically on Monday, as seven bombs timed to go off simultaneously…![Baghdad Locals Fear Shiite-On-Shiite Violence As Alliance Fractures](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/baghdad-locals-fear-shiite-on-sh-187x137.jpg)
Baghdad Locals Fear Shiite-On-Shiite Violence As Alliance Fractures
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Protests and suicide bombings have caused tension within the Shiite Muslim alliance that’s been fighting extremists. As neighbourhoods are taken over by…![Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/left-for-dead-myanmars-muslim-mi-187x137.jpg)
Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority
VICE News | (Video report) | - - "In recent years, democratic reforms have swept through Myanmar, a country that for decades was ruled by a military junta. As the reforms took…![Baghdad gov’t paralysis allows ISIL to blow up nearly 100 Children, Women & Men](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/baghdad-govt-paralysis-allows-is-187x137.jpg)
Baghdad gov’t paralysis made capital vulnerable to massive ISIL bombings
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) launched a series of suicide car and truck bombs in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 and wounding nearly 200…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/seprelstate-750x585-1-187x137.png)
Majorities of Muslim Arabs in N. Africa want a Separation of Religion and State
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - You know those silly anti-sharia laws passed by evangelicals in US state legislatures? They may as well not bother. (Sharia is Muslim law;…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/timthumb.php_-1-187x137.jpg)
London’s Muslim Mayor is nothing New: 1300 yrs of Muslims who Ran Major European Cities
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The press is declaring Sadiq Khan, victor in the electoral contest for mayor of London, the "first Muslim mayor of a major European city." They…![Why Burqa Veils Are Illegal In Some Countries](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/why-burqa-veils-are-illegal-in-s-187x137.jpg)
Why Burqa Veils Are Illegal In Some Countries
Laura Ling | (TestTube Video Report) | - - "Face veils are often viewed as a symbol of modesty in Islam, but many governments have put restrictions on them. So where are…![Fall of Iraq, Rise of Sunnistan? Sunni Politicians In Washington Promote Idea of Partition and a Sunni Region](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/fall-of-iraq-rise-of-sunnistan-s-187x137.jpg)
Fall of Iraq, Rise of Sunnistan? Sunni Politicians In Washington Promote Idea of Partition and a Sunni Region
Mazin Sahib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Leading Sunni Muslim politicians have opened an office in Washington to represent Sunni interests. There’s talk of an autonomous Sunni region again as…![With Iraq’s Shiite Gov’t in Collapse, Can Country finally get past US-crafted Sectarianism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/with-iraqs-shiite-govt-in-collap-187x137.jpg)
With Iraq’s Shiite Gov’t in Collapse, Can Country finally get past US-crafted Sectarianism?
Niqash.org | Baghdad | - - Iraq’s Crises Highlight Major Divide Between Country’s Shiite Politicians The Shiite political alliance that dominates Iraq is cracking under pressure from the country’s crises. But some…![Why Are there no Iranian Suicide Bombers? Evolving Islamic Democracy Matters!](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/why-are-there-no-iranian-suicide-187x137.jpg)
Why Are there no Iranian Suicide Bombers? Evolving Islamic Democracy Matters!
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - The emergence of political Islam in the mainstream politics in the Middle East and across other Muslim countries since the 1970s has…![Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/israels-chained-women-fight-for-187x137.jpg)
Israel’s “chained women” fight for right to divorce
By Michael Blum | ( Your Middle East | - - Israel's "chained women" fight for right to divorce. She is one of Israel's "chained women" -- the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of…![Iraq: Shiite Militias issue threats against US Troops going to Iraq to fight Salafi ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/iraq-shiite-militias-issue-threa-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Shiite Militias issue threats against US Troops going to Iraq to fight Salafi ISIL
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Recently US troops started fighting the [so-called] Islamic State in Iraq [ISIL], with ‘boots on the ground’. But is keeping a distance…![Top 5 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn’t ‘Hate us’](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/top-5-signs-trump-is-wrong-islam-187x137.jpg)
Top 6 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn’t ‘Hate us’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Republican presidential candidate and billionaire bigot Donald J. Trump said in a CNN interview on Wednesday that "Islam hates us." "I think Islam…![Islam: Do you know the difference between Sunni & Shiite?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/islam-do-you-know-the-difference-187x137.jpg)
Islam: Do you know the difference between Sunni & Shiite?
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - AJ+: "What's The Difference Between Shia And Sunni Islam?"![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030829im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/kads9-187x137.jpg)