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France’s secularism approach faces struggles
The Columbian· 4 hours agoBrought into the international spotlight by the ban on hijabs for French athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics, France’s unique approach to “laïcité” — loosely translated as “secularism” — ...
Israel prohibits Spanish consulate from offering services to West Bank Palestinians
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIsrael announced Friday it had terminated Spain's diplomatic and consular links with Palestinians in...
How the hard right both reflects and creates prejudice
The Economist· 2 days agoGEERT WILDERS is the most powerful politician in the Netherlands. Mr Wilders’s offence was to lead...
Biden is downsizing, politicizing our military
The Washington Times· 19 hours agoAfter World War I, another global conflict was unthinkable, the leaders of the democracies declared. The United States embraced isolationism, relying on...
Watch: Iranians Break Into Celebration as Notoriously Brutal President Is Confirmed Dead
IJR· 5 days agoAs official mourning for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, other Iranians at home and abroad celebrated his death. Early Monday, rescue teams found ...
Iran: May 2024 update
Strategy Page· 12 hours agoMay 24, 2024: In May Iran held national elections and hardline pro-Islam candidates obtained 233 of the 290 parliament seats. The candidates for election must be approved ...
I witnessed a cultural chasm in Morocco and returned grateful to be American | John Gurda
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHost family belongs to nomadic Berber tribes in Morocco The family belonged to a long line of Berber...
Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will they bite?
Al Jazeera· 3 days agoEarlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the country’s Muslims in a...
Information Warfare: Not Our Kind Of Islam
Strategy Page· 5 days agoFebruary 15, 2021: On Christmas Eve 2020 the Pakistani government issued a legal notice to U.S. citizens Amjad Mahmood Khan and Harris Zafar in their capacity as the spokesmen for the Ahmadiyya ...
From the History of Israel−Palestine Conflict: The First Palestinian Intifada Against the State of...
Naked Capitalism· 4 days agoFor those looking for the libretto to the Middle East version of Gotterdammerung, a compact retelling of the First Intifada.