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![Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/can-the-west-help-the-rohingya-o-187x137.jpg)
![Giraldi Controversy: No, US wars in Mideast are not for Israel Lobby](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/giraldi-controversy-no-us-wars-i-187x137.jpg)
Giraldi Controversy: No, US wars in Mideast are not for Israel Lobby
By Ian Berman* | (Informed Comment) | - - CIA Veteran Philip Giraldi kicked off a firestorm with his article, “America’s Jews are Driving America’s Wars.” A man of considerable experience with…![Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/rohingya-genocide-why-isnt-the-w-187x137.jpg)
Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Rohingya of Myanmar are probably passing through the darkest time in their history, with the international community standing almost idle. While the…![Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/saudi-arabia-official-hate-speec-187x137.jpg)
Saudi Arabia: Official Hate Speech Targets Minorities
Human Rights Watch | - - Incitement Leads to Discrimination Against Shia, Other Groups (Beirut) – Some Saudi state clerics and institutions incite hatred and discrimination against religious minorities, including the country’s…![As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/as-muslims-rally-for-the-rohingy-187x137.jpg)
As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation.…![Iranian Leader: Trump is “Disturbed,” speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/iranian-leader-trump-is-disturbe-187x137.jpg)
Iranian Leader: Trump is “Disturbed,” speaks like a Cowboy or Mobster
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iranian hardliners are still responding to Trump's speech at the UN Monday, in which he accused Iran of backing terrorism and called the…![Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/muslim-rohingya-refugees-from-bu-187x137.jpg)
Muslim Rohingya Refugees from Burma: “The Army… burned down my house.”
TeleSur | - - "The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time," one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered…![Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/given-fundamentalist-impact-on-s-187x137.jpg)
Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt
By Manal Ismael | ( Global Voices Online ) | - - In early September 2017, a piece of paper with a potent message targeted against women, held by a group of…![Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/can-turkeys-erdogan-ride-rohingy-187x137.jpg)
Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?
By Simon P. Watmough | The Conversation | - - The emerging humanitarian crisis that has been rocking Myanmar - where an estimated 370,000 Rohingya have been forced out of the country…![Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/can-iran-keep-its-influence-in-b-187x137.jpg)
Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Iran wants to reunite the fighting Shiite Muslim political parties in Iraq that once gave it unconditional support. But that job is far…![Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/burma-muslims-dear-peace-nobelis-187x137.jpg)
Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late
By Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service | (IPS) | - - Rohingya refugees trudge through the rain and mud as they arrive at Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh after days…![250px-Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/03/250px-Cairo_-_Islamic_district_-_Al_Azhar_Mosque_and_University-187x137.jpg)
Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”
By Todd Green | ( Mizan Project ) | - - This year marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Reformation in Germany, a monumental event in Christian history that generated permanent…![Yair Netanyahu slammed for ‘Classic Anti-Semitic” Cartoon, like by Nazis](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/yair-netanyahu-slammed-for-class-187x137.jpg)
Yair Netanyahu slammed for ‘Classic Anti-Semitic” Cartoon, liked by Nazis
IMEMC News Yair Netanyahu, who is reportedly behind much of his father’s social media stunts, recently published a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful Jew who controls the world, according to…![Muslim-hating Heckler harasses Sikh Politician; he replies with ‘Love and Courage’](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/muslim-hating-heckler-harasses-s-187x137.jpg)
Muslim-hating Heckler harasses Sikh Politician; he replies with ‘Love and Courage’
Brampton Focus | Jagmeet Singh | Rally Video | - - Jagmeet Singh, who grew up in Windsor, Canada, is a member of the Ontario legislature. His family is originally from India…![Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/burma-rohingya-describe-military-187x137.jpg)
Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities
Human Rights Watch | - - Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling,…![tajikveil](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/tajikveil-187x137.png)
You’ve Got Veil: Secular Tajikistan Gov’t sends Millions of Texts imposing Hijab Ban
RFE/RL's Tajik Service | - - DUSHANBE -- Private mobile-phone companies in Tajikistan have begun sending out text messages to millions of citizens, reminding them to obey a new law that makes…![Screen Shot 2017-09-07 at 3.29.45 AM](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-07-at-3.29.45-AM-187x137.png)
Bannon & Trump lost Long ago: White Christians not a Majority in US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 1976,when Jimmy Carter was elected, a big majority (81%) of Americans identified as both white and Christian, with 4 in 10 of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/201709asia_burma_burningsmap-1-187x137.png)
Burma: Satellite Shows Massive Arson against Muslims by Buddhists
Human Rights Watch . | - - 700 Buildings Destroyed in Single Muslim Village in Rakhine State (New York) – New satellite imagery shows several hundred buildings burned in Burma’s Rakhine State,…![Muslim Rohingya Refugees Drown as They flee Buddhist Persecution in Myanmar](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/muslim-rohingya-refugees-drown-a-187x137.jpg)
Muslim Rohingya Refugees Drown as They flee Buddhist Persecution in Myanmar
TeleSur | - - Around 27,400 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar since Friday. Bangladeshi border guards have recovered two dozen bodies from the country’s shore in the last two…![Muslims well-integrated in Western Europe, but still face rejection](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010213014im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/muslims-well-integrated-in-weste-187x137.jpg)