On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
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Gaza: The uncertain Fate of Patients needing Life-Saving Dialysis Treatment
By Ali Iqbal, McMaster University; Aliya Khan, McMaster University; and Ben Thomson, Johns Hopkins University | – More than 100 days into the brutal assault […]
New York Times’ Friedman hits new Low with Animalization of Arabs and Iranians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Calling people animals is a way to dehumanize them, and probably helps convince individuals that the other people around them […]
Biden, Whitmer join in condemnation of Wall Street Journal column accusing Dearborn, MI, of Muslim Radicalism
By: Jon King – ( Michigan Advance ) – Reaction to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece about Dearborn intensified through the weekend, as President […]
Grappling with Nuclear Dangers at 90 Seconds to Midnight
( Tomdispatch.com ) – What’s in your basement? Mine is full of things I’ve mostly forgotten about — tools I bought for projects I never […]
Biden Isolated as 85% of Americans fear wider Mideast War, and 50% say Israel has gone Too Far
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a new NORC/ AP opinion poll, 50% of Americans say that they believe Israel has gone too far in […]
The State of the Middle East Today – Juan Cole
Mohammad A. Khalil interviews Juan Cole on the situation in today’s Middle East. MSU Muslim Studies Program: “The Middle East Today: A Conversation with Professor […]
In Gaza, Continued Israeli Strikes Still kill Dozens of Palestinians Daily
( IMEMC ) – On Friday, day 119 of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army, Air Force and the Navy continued to fire barrages […]
Iran says It’s ‘Not Looking for a War,’ But is Ready for one
By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said during a trip to an impoverished southern region that Tehran is not […]
Top 3 Things Biden could Do instead of intensively Bombing Iraq and Syria
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration launched 85 air strikes on Friday against small bases of the Party of God Brigades (Kata’ib Hizbullah), […]