Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power
Featured

Conflict in Mecca: The Prophet Muhammad and Soft Power

Juan Cole

I believe that the earliest source we have for the life of the Prophet is the Quran itself. And I believe the Quran is early.

Juan Cole Fundraiser
DONATED:$20,200
SUPPORTERS:234
TARGET:$30,000
REMAINING:$9,800
“Into this Universe:”  Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

“Into this Universe:” Heidegger and FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:29

12/14/2025 By Juan Cole

“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

“Identity is never fixed:” Interview with Iranian-American Artist Soraya Sharghi

12/14/2025 By Global Voices

More Stories

Uncategorized
Pressman Implications Of Abu Mazen

Pressman Implications Of Abu Mazen

Pressman: Implications of Abu Mazen Jeremy Pressman of the University of Connecticut Political Science Department shares his thoughts in a guest editorial on the victory […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Third Baath Coup If As I Have Argued

Third Baath Coup If As I Have Argued

The Third Baath Coup? If, as I have argued, the Baathists along with some Salafi (Sunni fundamentalist) allies are behind the guerrilla war, what do […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Allawi Pockets Will Not Be Able To

Allawi Pockets Will Not Be Able To

Allawi: “Pockets” Will not be Able to Vote Michael Georgy of the Scotsman reports from Baghdad that interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi admitted on […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Soldier Killed In Samarra 15 Iraqis

Us Soldier Killed In Samarra 15 Iraqis

US Soldier Killed in Samarra, 15 Iraqis Killed Guerrillas set off a car bomb at the police station in Tikrit Monday, killing 6 policemen and […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Electoral Lists Kind Person In Baghdad

Electoral Lists Kind Person In Baghdad

Electoral Lists A kind person in Baghdad sent me this. It is a translation of an official announcement from last month, which appeared in a […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Rejects Sunni Demand For Withdrawal

Us Rejects Sunni Demand For Withdrawal

US Rejects Sunni Demand for Withdrawal Timetable 2 US troops Killed, along with Baghdad Deputy Police Commissioner and Iraqi Police, Guards The US rejected on […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
New Contours Of American Militarism

New Contours Of American Militarism

The New Contours of American Militarism David Ignatius of the Washington Post has a column on Tuesday concerning US options in Iraq. He reports three […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Kills As Many As 12 Innocents 7

Us Kills As Many As 12 Innocents 7

US Kills as many as 12 Innocents; 7 Ukrainians die in Blast US troops south of Baghdad near Yusufiyah ran into a roadside bomb near […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Sistani Sunnis Must Have Effective

Sistani Sunnis Must Have Effective

Sistani: Sunnis Must have Effective Participation Al-Hayat: [What follows is a paraphrase:] A source close to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf affirmed Saturday that […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2806
  • Page 2807
  • Page 2808
  • Page 2809
  • Page 2810
  • …
  • Page 3058
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Iran

One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

European Union

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

Foreign Policy in Focus

Donald Trump

Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship

H. Scott Prosterman

Entertainment

“With them the seed of Wisdom:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28

Juan Cole

Popular

  • Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu's Dictatorship
  • Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas
  • Rumi and Shakespeare: On Forgiveness and Reconciliation
  • How the pro-Palestine Movement is outsmarting the Algorithms
  • One Year After Assad's Fall: Iran's Strategic Collapse In Syria
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved