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Sectarian Tensions Flare in Egypt as Christians flee ISIL in Sinai

By Brian Whitaker | (Al-Bab.com) | - - Several hundred Egyptian Christians have fled their homes in North Sinai over the last few days following a series of murders attributed to supporters…

Is Trump right to doubt that Islam is a Religion?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka again declined to say on Wednesday in an NPR interview whether President Trump believes Islam is "a religion." He…

Why ISIL is Targeting Tolerant Sufi Islam

By Peter Gottschalk | (The Conversation) | - - On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in southeastern…

After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?

By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | - - The operation to retake Iraq’s second city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State [group] (IS) has entered its crucial phase. The Iraqi…

Dear Trump officials: Stop confusing Muslim Conservatism with Terrorism!

By Z. Fareen Parvez | (The Conversation) | - - The Trump administration has been using the phrase “radical Islam” when discussing the “war on terror.” From his inauguration address to remarks…

Why Designating Muslim Brotherhood ‘Terrorists’ will harm Democracy at home and Abroad

Human Rights Watch | - - (Washington, DC) – A US government designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which the Trump administration is reportedly considering, would threaten the…

Image of the Day: “Jonah and the Whale” (Persian Miniature)

Metropolitan Museum of Art | (Persian Miniature Painting) | - - "Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles [A medieval World History]) Inscription: In Persian, on the…

Pope Francis Says Building a Wall ‘Not a Christian Gesture’

TeleSur | - - "A Christian can never say 'I'll make you pay for that.' Never! That is not a Christian gesture," said Pope Francis. Pope Francis said Wednesday that society should…

Trump’s Coming “Islamo-China” War . . . or, Whatever

By Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - What kind of national security policy will the Trump administration pursue globally? On this issue, as on so many others, the incoming…

Demonizing Muslims: White Quebec Terrorists kill 5 in attack on Mosque

Demonizing Muslims: White Quebec Terrorists kill 6 in attack on Mosque

TeleSur | - - Incidents of Islamophobia have increased in Quebec in recent years amid a political debate over banning the niqab. At least two people have been arrested in the aftermath…

Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless

By Marcelo Rochabrun | ProPublica | - - Update: A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security told Reuters on Saturday morning that the President’s executive order will, in fact, stop green…

Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Since his inauguration, Donald J. Trump has not been making a good impression in Iraq, where the US has 6,000 troops, according to…

The Future of Iraq? As Police Lose Control Of Streets, Militias Take Over

Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | - - The volunteer militias formed to fight the Islamic State group are now policing Baghdad’s neighbourhoods. But as they do, they compete with the…

The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican

TeleSur | - - On Saturday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Pope Francis to inaugurate Palestine’s first embassy to the Holy See ahead of Paris peace talks. On Saturday Palestine will…

Understanding Islam means understanding its and our Multiculturalism

Kishwar Rizvi | (The Conversation) | - - There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women…

Muslim Shockwaves as New Congress’ Bill seeks all Jerusalem for Israeli Colonization

TeleSur | - - Three U.S. senators introduced a bill calling for U.S. embassy to be relocated to Jerusalem and recognizing city as Israeli capital. As it convened for the first Tuesday…

Wealthy Muslim raised 85′ tall Christmas Tree: Supporting Iraqi Christians, Forgetting Nat’l Anguish

Wealthy Baghdad Muslim raised 85′ tall Christmas Tree in Solidarity

NewsBeat Social | (Video News report) | - - "A Muslim businessman in Iraq put up an 85-foot-tall Christmas tree in Baghdad to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians and help Iraqis "forget…

Top Five ways Jesus was not White

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Given the alarming rise of white nationalism in the United States and the ways in which it is often entangled with Christian nationalism,…

Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?

Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | - - In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the army declared it was examining the possibility…

Can Faith and Modernity coexist under Muslimism?

By Neslihan Cevik | (Socialtrendsinstitute.org) | - - There is a new brand of Muslim religious orthodoxy on the rise in places like Turkey, which seeks to engage modernity through the sincere…