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Weaponising Sufism and Wahhabism to Subjugate Muslims
Sabrang India
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August 8, 2025
The following is a summarised and edited version of: “Manufacturing ‘Islam Lite’: Sufism as ‘Good Islam’: How the politics of ‘Good Muslim’ vs. ‘Bad Muslim’ manufactures consent for genocide” by Farah El-Sharif. Read the original here. The Birth...
'Iran's Grand Strategy': Understanding the Islamic Republic
The New Indian Express
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Iran is an oddity – a non-Arab Muslim nation, global leader of the Shite sect, and the strategically located Eastern boundary of the Middle East. It is one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations dating back to the 5thmillennium BC which...
A decorated veteran, a violent conviction: One man's story of immigration and potential deportation
Denver 7 - Colorado
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August 8, 2025
AURORA, Colo. — Sitting inside of the Aurora ICE Processing Center is a man who served this country, a man who served his time and a man who embodies a national debate surrounding immigration and deportation. The federal government wants to deport...
Stephen Miller 'absurdly' claims DC 'more violent than Baghdad' after Trump bombshell
The Mirror US
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August 8, 2025
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller reinforced unfounded statements from President Donald Trump earlier this week that Washington, D.C., suffers from more violent crime than Iraq's Baghdad. "It is more violent than Baghdad. It is more...
MPM Premium Nabs World Sales Rights to Locarno’s Piazza Grande Entry ‘Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream,’ by Iraqui Director-Producer Mohamed Al-Daradji (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
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August 8, 2025
Paris-based MPM Premium has acquired world sales rights to hyperrealistic drama “Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream,” by Iraqi director-producer Mohamed Al-Daradji (“Son of Babylon”), ahead of the film’s world premiere at the current Locarno Film...
Sacred March: Iraq ramps up security and services for Arbaeen
Shafaq News
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2025-08-08T08:16:28+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Karbala Iraq is intensifying preparations for the Arbaeen pilgrimage, one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings. The event, observed 40 days after Ashura,...
The best and worst countries for LGBTQIA+ tourists in 2025
QNews
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August 8, 2025
The Mediterranean nation of Malta has been named the safest destination for LGBTQIA+ tourists for the tenth year in a row by A3M Global Monitoring in publishing its 2025 LGBTQ+ Risk Map, a world map of safety for travellers from the LGBTQIA+...
The future of northeast Syria: Will SDF-tribal tensions explode?
The New Arab
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September 4, 2025
Tensions are simmering in Syria’s northeast as negotiations between Damascus and the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stall, with low-level clashes and tribal calls for mobilisation raising the prospect of more bloodshed in...
Siemens, CSCEC to build power plant in Iraq
Zawya
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A consortium of Germany’s Siemens company and CSCEC of China have won a contract to build a power plant in Iraq. The gas-run plant replaces a power station that was devastated during the war against Islamic militants in Baiji city in the central...
The normalization of wrongdoing and basic laws or human stupidity
Terrace Standard
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Obnazhaya is a Russian term that was coined initially to describe Putin’s management of Russia. It roughly means laying bare illegal or immoral actions, making no attempt to cover up wrongdoing, and in that process, normalizing it. It has more...
Pakistan, Iraq sign MoU for ferry service
Dawn
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August 7, 2025
ISLAMABAD: In a move aimed at enhancing religious tourism and bilateral trade, Pakistan and Iraq have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a ferry service between Gwadar Port and Umm Qasr Port. The agreement was formalised during a...
CSUCI professor released on bail after arrest at Camarillo immigration enforcement protest
Ojai Valley News - California
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Screenshot via TheCityofCamarillo YouTube channel Jonathan Caravello speaks during a Camarillo City Council meeting on July 9. His comment can be watched in full at: https://youtu.be/90VhVob-tns California State University Channel Islands...
Regenerative farming in Iraq: Challenges, opportunities, and policy recommendations
Atlantic Council
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August 7, 2025
Issue Brief August 7, 2025 • 12:00 pm ET Print this page Regenerative farming in Iraq: Challenges, opportunities, and policy recommendations By Sarkawt Shamsulddin Bottom lines up front Iraq’s arable land shrinks every year, sending rural...
Searching for the mysterious ‘Rooikop’ in the Boipatong Massacre, and did he die in Iraq?
Daily Maverick
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August 7, 2025
At about 9pm on the cold winter’s night of 17 June 1992, a petrol attendant was working late at night at the garage on the edge of the township of Boipatong in the Vaal Triangle. He saw hundreds of heavily armed IFP supporters crossing Frikkie...
Understanding key terms swirling around Alligator Alcatraz and immigration enforcement in the US
The Conversation
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August 7, 2025
A July 2025 CBS/YouGov poll asked Americans, “Do you approve or disapprove of the Trump administration’s program to find and deport immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally?” The respondents were divided, with 49% of Americans approving and 51%...
Light Footprint, Heavy Stakes: The Case for Staying Engaged in Iraq
Small Wars Journal
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August 7, 2025
On December 27, 2019, a U.S. forward operating base in Kirkuk, Iraq—K1 Air Base—was struck by 32 Katyusha 107mm rockets launched by Kata’ib Hizballah, an Iranian-aligned Shia militia group. A contractor who served as an interpreter for a SEAL...
The US wants Lebanon, Gaza and Iraq to disarm and will fail
Al Mayadeen
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August 7, 2025
In his article, Robert Inlakesh argues that US efforts to disarm Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iraq's PMU are detached from regional realities and will fail, risking greater instability instead of peace. The US Trump administration not only believes it...
How to Blow Up a Planet
The New York Review of Books
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September 4, 2025
What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared transformative future since the early 1980s. Around the world, in party manifestos,...
‘Nation built by brave individuals’: Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards recipients announced
Toronto.com
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The winners of the 17th annual Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards have been announced. Canadian Immigrant, a magazine and multimedia publication dedicated to supporting immigrants success across the country, and our sister Metroland publication,...
“Arbaeen Touba” narrates Iran, Iraq cultural similarities
Mehr News Agency
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August 8, 2025
Emamian’s prose blends lyrical storytelling with historical grit, immersing readers in Touba’s emotional and geopolitical journey. The nonlinear narrative enriches the plot, drawing parallels between her physical pilgrimage and life’s trials. The...