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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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Trump Announces Plan to Break Up the Life-Saving National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Are Extremist Buddhists in Burma attacking Helpless Muslims? (Walton)

Are Extremist Buddhists in Burma attacking Helpless Muslims? (Walton)

(Author title: “Matthew Walton: A Primer on the Roots of Buddhist/Muslim Conflict in Myanmar, and A Way Forward” ) Matthew J. Walton writes at ISLAMiCommentary […]

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US politics
Dear Royal Baby: We Americans apologize for our Revolution; please be our Absolute Monarch

Dear Royal Baby: We Americans apologize for our Revolution; please be our Absolute Monarch

Dear Royal Baby: You had an ancestor named King George III that we Americans said a lot of nasty things about, and we’d like to […]

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Christianity
Can Christianity Survive in the New Iraq?  (Teule)

Can Christianity Survive in the New Iraq? (Teule)

Larry McGill writes at ISLAMiCommentary Herman Teule There are sizeable Christian minorities in several Middle Eastern countries with Muslim majorities, but the numbers of Christians […]

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US politics
Chris Hedges: "We have shifted, I think, from a democratic state to... corporate totalitarianism."

Chris Hedges: “We have shifted, I think, from a democratic state to… corporate totalitarianism.”

Chris Hedges interviewed on The Real News : Excerpt of the transcript: “JAY: But, see, that’s what I’m concerned about as a citizen, I mean, […]

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Energy
Bye, Bye Florida:  Scientists find the last time it was this hot, Seas rose 65 feet

Bye, Bye Florida: Scientists find the last time it was this hot, Seas rose 65 feet

A study published in Nature Geoscience by researchers, from Imperial College London and their academic partners shows that 5-3 million years ago in the Pliocene, […]

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US politics
Indiana: “How do we get rid of” Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States?’

Indiana: “How do we get rid of” Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States?’

In a disturbing development, the Associated Press has revealed emails in which former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels advocated banning the use of Howard Zinn’s text, […]

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Iran
Syria:  Attack on Sayyida Zainab Provokes Sunni-Shiite Tensions in Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan

Syria: Attack on Sayyida Zainab Provokes Sunni-Shiite Tensions in Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan

The rocket attack on the Shrine of Sayyida Zaynab in the suburbs of Damascus on Friday has intensified the sectarian overtones of the Syrian civil […]

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Energy
First, Close all the Coal Plants: MIT Study Shows they Shorten Lives

First, Close all the Coal Plants: MIT Study Shows they Shorten Lives

“Data from China show that large amounts of coal emissions shorten lives”: The MIT Energy Intiative reports: ” A high level of air pollution, in […]

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Annals of White Terrorism: Police Arrest Suspect in bombing of Mosque, Murder of Muslim

Annals of White Terrorism: Police Arrest Suspect in bombing of Mosque, Murder of Muslim

A British-Ukrainian suspect is being looked at for both the murder of an elderly Muslim man and several bombings outside mosques in London. Terrorism against […]

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