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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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Omar Khayyam (170) “For a hand … which always grips a wine glass”

For a hand like mine,  which always grips a wine glass, it would be a shame  to put scripture or a rosary in it. You’re […]

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Dear ExxonMobil: This is What Global Warming Looks like

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This summer is what global warming looks like: Increased average temperatures, forest fires, extreme weather episodes. Climate change is gradual and a matter of averages. […]

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The news out of Syria is bad and worse. The regime is being accused of widespread torture, and it is having to fight the rebels […]

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Hajizadeh: If Israel attacks Iran, it will be Destroyed

Hajizadeh: If Israel attacks Iran, it will be Destroyed

On Sunday, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force gave a speech about Iran’s ballistic missile capability. […]

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Flow Chart of Authority in Today’s Egypt (!!!)

Flow Chart of Authority in Today’s Egypt (!!!)

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Egypt
Top Five Things Morsi has to Do if Egypt is to Succeed

Top Five Things Morsi has to Do if Egypt is to Succeed

For understandable reasons, analysis of the political changes in Egypt has focused on personalities (new president Muhammad Morsi is not charismatic); on ideology (how far […]

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Cole’s Opposition to Iraq War in January, 2003

Cole’s Opposition to Iraq War in January, 2003

The Neocons, masters of disinformation, keep trying to put it about (and it is in the current Wikipedia article on me) that I somehow was […]

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