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Common hopes
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People, groups and territories marked by Islamic civilization. A community of beliefs, values, debates and hopes gathered together in a quarter of all humanity.
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‘Marry-your-rapist’ bill to be introduced by lawmakers in Turkey
Maya Oppenheim
Critics argue legislation legitimises child marriage and statutory rape
A law which would allow men accused of having sex with girls who are under 18 to avoid punishment if they marry their victims is set to be introduced to parliament ...
Reading Sun Tzu in Tehran
Alastair Crooke
Iran is not done. General Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said in a briefing yesterday that the strike “was the starting point of a great operation”. He also underlined that “the strikes were not meant to cause fatalities: ...
Qatar: 5-year prison sentence set for ‘fake news’
Human Rights Watch هيومن رايتس ووتش
Penal Code amendments a setback for freedom of expression
(Beirut) – Qatar has amended its penal code to restrict further the already-narrow space for free expression by setting criminal penalties for spreading “fake news” online, ...
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The roots of USAmerican demonization of Shi’a Islam
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
The US targeted assassination, via drone strike, of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, apart from a torrent ...
The deeper story behind the assassination of Soleimani
- Federico Pieraccini
Days after the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, new and important information is coming to ...
Trump moves to de-escalate Iran crisis
- Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
‘Iran’s offensive missiles cannot be defended against; it hugs the ground going underneath ...
Can USA win an unconventional war against Iran?
- Daniel J. Levy
America has the big guns: but Iran is a master of unconventional warfare. Could Tehran repeat the many ...
I was in Iraq during the assassination of General Soleimani. Trump has made a huge mistake
- Ali-Asghar Abedi
In death, it now seems the Major-General will achieve what he couldn't in life
I would have been shocked ...
Targeting Iraq, Iran, U.S. threatens wider war
- Sara Flounders
Jan 7–Enormous demonstrations in Iran, Iraq and region-wide are expressing anti-imperialist rage, ...
The Soleimani assassination: the long-awaited beginning of the end of USAmerica’s imperial ambitions
- Philip Giraldi
The United States is now at war with Iran in a conflict that could easily have been avoided and it ...
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