Saudi Bigot-in-Chief Declares Iranian Shiites “Not Muslim”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - `Abd al-Aziz Al Shaikh, the chief jurisconsult…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - `Abd al-Aziz Al Shaikh, the chief jurisconsult…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is still acting like…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As we celebrate American workers (I prefer…
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Saudi Bigot-in-Chief Declares Iranian Shiites “Not Muslim”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - `Abd al-Aziz Al Shaikh, the chief jurisconsult or mufti for the interpretation of Muslim law in Saudi Arabia, said Wednesday that Iranian Shiites…The Violent Christian West should drop Islamophobia and work on itself
By Johan Galtung | (Inter Press Service) | - - ALICANTE, Spain (IPS) - Watching Christianity nearly a century–fundamentalist Christians fighting ritualistic Christians fighting secularism, generally moving fundamentalism–>ritualism–>secularism–maybe the same for Islam?…Israel shuts down Palestinian radio station amid escalation in press violations
Ma'an News Agency | - - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces raided and ransacked a Palestinian radio station early Wednesday morning in the town of Dura in the southern occupied West Bank…Saudis Should Not Run Hajj Pilgrimage: Iran
TeleSur | - - Pilgrims from Iran will be unable to attend hajj, which starts on Sept. 11 this year after talks between the two countries on arrangements broke down in May.…With Defeat Looming, ISIL haunts Syria with 6 Bombings, Killing 53
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is still acting like a military organization, but it has always mixed military with terrorist tactics. On Monday it slid…Most US Networks slight coverage as US & China join Paris Climate Accord in key Turning Point
By Guy Dinmore | (Inter Press Service) | - - HONOLULU, Hawaii (IPS) - The world’s super-polluters – the United States and China – have formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate…Syria: Can Russia & US Broker a new Cease-Fire?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Stars and Stripes reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov may be very near a new…The Plague of Karimov’s Rule in Uzbekistan
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The death of Islam Karimov, the president for life of Uzbekistan who came to power in 1990 after the collapse of the Soviet…EU condemns Israel’s approval of 463 squatter housing units across Palestinian West Bank
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- The European Union released a statement on Friday condemning an Israeli decision on Wednesday to approve plans for 463 new housing units in…ISIL’s European Strategy
By Omar Ashour | ( Project Syndicate) | - - LONDON – Terrorist attacks by Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates and sympathizers over the past year have raised alarms in Europe, but they…Pope: Pollution, Carbon Emissions a Sin & Global Warming to harm the Poor
By Nika Knight, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Humans are turning the planet into a 'polluted wasteland full of debris, desolation, and filth,' says Pope Francis "The world's poor, though…‘Unacceptable’ UN says US-Backed Iraqi Militias Recruiting Children
TeleSur | - - The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about reports the groups are using children on the frontlines of the fight against the Islamic State group. Amid reports…Massive Brain Drain from Turkey begins in wake of Failed Coup, Crackdowns
By Ibrahim Sirkeci | (The Conversation) | - - On July 15, a group within the Turkish military staged a coup. It failed. But since then, the Turkish government has restricted rights…America’s Shameful Record on Syrian Refugees
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US government played a role in the collapse of Syria. It continually placed sanctions on this little country, including the 2003 Syrian…US: Turkish-backed campaign against our Allies in Syria ‘unacceptable’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Sunday evening, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally in Gaziantep, a city near the border with Syria, “We will make any…America’s Syria SNAFU: Pentagon’s Militias fight Turkey & CIA’s Militias
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Turkish incursion into Syria at Jarabulus was advertised as an attack on a Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) stronghold and smuggling station in conjunction…The Russian Challenge to U.S. Policy in Africa
Gregory Alonso Pirio and Robert Pittelli | Informed Comment | - - The United States and its Western allies, for the most part, consider the Cold War long over, and with the…ISIL sends families out of Mosul as Kurdish, Iraqi Army Forces advance
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iraqi military forces have taken the strategic town of al-Qayarah near the major city of Mosul from Daesh (ISIS, ISIL). Mosul is the…Is Turkey’s incursion into Syria about Daesh, or about the Kurds?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkish military sources told the Anadol news agency that Wednesday's military attack on the Syrian border town of Jarabulus, held for years by…Top 6 Reasons Turkey is Finally attacking ISIL in Syria’s Jarabulus
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkey and coalition allies launch air strikes Wednesday morning against the Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) stronghold of Jarabulus, on the Syrian side near the…