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For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry
Christianity

For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry

Juan Cole

Muslim mystics such as Rumi, Attar and other Sufi writers often referred to Jesus as a symbol of spirituality and love.

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Gaza's Palestinians, Besieged by Israel, turn to Solar Power

Gaza’s Palestinians, Besieged by Israel, turn to Solar Power

Here’s an excellent AFP film clip and article from a couple weeks ago that I think deserves a wider audience. Gazans turn to solar power […]

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Why Romney is Wrong that Obama's Syria Policy Emboldened Putin

Why Romney is Wrong that Obama’s Syria Policy Emboldened Putin

(By Juan Cole) On Face the Nation on Sunday, Mitt Romney slammed President Obama’s policies toward Russia as “naive” and called the country a “geopolitical […]

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Africa
Saudi Arabia Again Fails Human Rights 101 (UNHRC)

Saudi Arabia Again Fails Human Rights 101 (UNHRC)

The [United Nations’] Human Rights Council’s review of Saudi Arabia comes at a time of serious concern about the rights situation in the country. Authorities […]

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Climate Change
Coal, Gas & Oil are Huge Water Hogs; Solar is a Water Saver

Coal, Gas & Oil are Huge Water Hogs; Solar is a Water Saver

Solar Power Is A Huge Water Saver (World Water Day Infographic) (via Clean Technica) Every year on this day since 1993, the community of nations […]

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Culture
Pakistani Sufi Anthem:  Jhule Lal Dam Mast Qalandar by Nusrat Fateh Ali

Pakistani Sufi Anthem: Jhule Lal Dam Mast Qalandar by Nusrat Fateh Ali

Qawwali is the South Asian Muslim equivalent of African-American Gospel music. This particular song celebrates the thirteenth-century Sindhi mystic, Sayyid `Uthman Marwandi, known as Lal […]

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ABC:  Bush's Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea

ABC: Bush’s Neocon Spokesman for Illegal US Occupation of Iraq Slams Russia for Crimea

It just baffles me that failed Neocons like Dan Senor are still given a hearing inside the Beltway. ABC News actually interviewed Senor, the spokesman […]

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media
TYT: MSNBC's Chuck Todd Rips CNN for "Breaking News" Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too

TYT: MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Rips CNN for “Breaking News” Malaysia Plane Fraud, Discovers MSNBC Doing it Too

Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says when she was a guest on another cable news channel, the producer told her, “remember: our viewers are […]

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Iraq
Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?

Are Some Iraqi Politicians being Disqualified because they Criticized PM Nouri al-Maliki?

(From a Niqash Special Correspondent in Baghdad) A number of high profile MPs have been banned from running in Iraq’s upcoming general elections – allegedly […]

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Climate Change
Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too:  UN

Big Oil and Gas Wants your Drinking Water, Too: UN

(By Jacob Chamberlain) An unrelenting increase in energy production, including unconventional methods such as tar sands extraction and fracking, will severely damage the world's already […]

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