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UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS OVER “NEW MCCARTHYISM” ON GAZA

Columbia University professors demonstrate outside the Columbia campus demanding the release of arrested students in New York City on May 1, 2024. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images As brutal police repression sweeps campus encampments, schools have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure. Natasha Lennard May 16 2024 […]

Israel’s army exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox are part of a bigger challenge: The Jewish state is divided over the Jewish religion

Israeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road in Jerusalem during an October 2017 protest against Israeli army conscription. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File Diterbitkan: Maret 15, 2024 Penulis Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a new […]

National religious recruits challenge values of IDF once dominated by secular elite

l-Gaza war Two-fifths of infantry graduate officer cadets now come from section of Israeli society aligned with far-right parties and settler movement Peter Beaumont and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem Thu 18 Jul 2024 Israel’s army, for much of its seven decades the country’s pre-eminent secular institution, is increasingly coming under the sway of […]

Jihad: Does Holy War Have an Esoteric Meaning?

Gettin Jiggy wit Jihad: Does Holy War Have an Esoteric Meaning? (7 min. read) The Spiritual Significance of Struggle (Jihad) in Ismaili Islam KHAYAL ʿALY AND ISMAILI GNOSIS JUL 16  2024 Does jihad, usually understood as Islamic “holy war”, have an esoteric or spiritual meaning? According to Nasir al-Din Tusi, arguably the most accomplished Muslim […]

Unsafe on the ground, Unsafe online: Humanitarian Workers in Sudan’s civil war – July 2024

Format Situation Report  Source   Posted10 Jul 2024  Originally published10 Jul 2024  OriginView original Attachments Summary Humanitarian organisations in Sudan face significant dangers both on the ground and online. An analysis of nearly 1,000 comments on Facebook from April to May 2024 shows that misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech (MDH) on social media remains a […]

The long road to peace in Syria

10th July 2024 Fazal Masood Malik and Farhan Khokhar, Canada Syria is one of the oldest regions of the world, one which, over the past two decades, unfortunately, has been profoundly shaped by the Al-Assad family’s rule. Hafez al-Assad seized power through a military coup in 1970, establishing an authoritarian […]