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Saudi Arabia
Spike in paralyzing, polio-like illness mainly affecting children confirmed in 22 states, CDC says
The Washington Post - By Washington Post Staff
More than 120 confirmed or possible cases of a mysterious and rare condition have been documented so far this year, mostly since August, a top federal health official said Tuesday. Acute flaccid myelitis,
Radio Free Europe
Two Alleged Leaders Of Banned Islamic Group Arrested In Tatarstan
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Two alleged leaders of the Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic group have been arrested in Russia's Tatarstan region.
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Syrian Democratic Forces
Hundreds taken by IS from displacement camp in east Syria: monitor
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BEIRUT (AFP) - Hundreds of people were taken by Islamic State group fighters from a displacement camp in east Syria during a jihadist counterattack against advancing US-backed forces, a monitor said Saturday.
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George Washington
IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate
Associated Press - By BASSEM MROUE
BEIRUT (AP) — After being nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate, the Islamic State group has reverted to what it was before its spectacular conquests in 2014, analysts say — a insurgent
Mesopotamia
National Gallery: Tigris and Euphrates
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The two rivers where civilisation began. Sigmund Freud dated the origin of civilisation to ‘the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a …
Middle East
Terrorist Cell Leader Detained in Russia, Security Forces Say
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“The ringleader of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami’s Russian wing and heads of the regional bodies have been …
Water
Maulana Shaukat Ali Road: Famous for eateries and hardware stores, it was once epicentre of Khilafat Movement
indianexpress.com - Mohamed Thaver
The road stretches right up to Grant Road railway station, after it crosses the ‘Do Tanki Junction’, named after two tanks that many decades ago …
Shia Islam
UP Shia Waqf Board Chairman Booked for Hurting Religious Sentiments With Remarks on Caliphs
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Following the complaint, thousands of people took out a protest-march in the Old Lucknow area on Monday, demanding Rizvi’s arrest within 24 …
The Telegraph
Counterterrorism
Like Churchill's notorious pudding, the Tory Conference suffered from having no theme
The Telegraph - By Norman Tebbit
It is back to Westminster for me this week, starting on Tuesday with the Government's Counter Terrorism and Border Security Bill which sets out to deal with the extremely complex problems posed by terrorism
Art Museums
Banner | The Met
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Inscription: English translations of the Qur’an are taken from Arthur J. Arberry’s "The Koran Interpreted" (New York, 1966). In Arabic in thuluth …
The Telegraph
Ghost Towns
Photo dispatch from Mosul's Old City: the dead outnumber the living in Iraqi ghost town
The Telegraph
Aouf and Biddour Abdul Rahman stand with their children in their home near the ruins of al-Nouri Mosque, from where Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate. Almost ten months after fighting
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Don’t Count Out ISIS Just Yet
The Daily Beast - Florian Neuhof
On a roundabout in west Mosul, the biggest city to become part of the so-called Islamic State, the jihadists erected a large screen. On it, they …
Cyber-attacks
UK: Russian spies behind the supposed ISIS ‘Cyber Caliphate’
washingtonexaminer.com - Joel Gehrke
A group of cyberattackers generally regarded as an online arm of Islamic State terrorists are actually associated with Russian military intelligence …
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Boston University
The 10th-Century Baghdadi Cookbook That’s a Poetic Tome to Food
Atlas Obscura - by Paula Mejia
The text features exhaustive directions for cooking, eating, and being. During the Medieval Islamic era, civil and religious leaders in Baghdad—known …
Islam
US-bound Ahmadi leader models a different kind of Islamic caliphate
religionnews.com - Aysha Khan
(RNS) — Now 15 years into his caliphate, Mirza Masroor Ahmad is heading to the U.S. to meet his growing community and share his message of world …
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Swachh Bharat: ‘If surroundings are not clean, we can’t be at ease… Gandhiji taught us this’
indianexpress.com - MAYURA JANWALKAR
In the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth, the historical significance of the complex is not lost on Teli, among the thousands of workers at …
France 24
U.S. Secretary of Defense
US Defense Secretary warns of 'tough fight' to oust IS
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PARIS (AFP) - The US-led military alliance battling the Islamic State group faces "a tough fight" to oust the jihadists from their last holdouts in Syria, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday.
Special Forces
Security Agencies Uncover ISIS Cell in Syria’s Raqqa
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Security forces in the northern city of Raqqa uncovered on Sunday a sleeper ISIS terrorist cell that was plotting a series of attacks in the area. …
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Archaeology
Archaeologists Suggest Ancient Chicken With Broken Leg Was A Good Egg... Provider
Forbes - Kristina Killgrove
Recently discovered chicken bones from the ancient site of Dharih in Jordan show a healed fracture that, archaeologists believe, may be evidence the hen was an egg-ceptionally good layer. Dharih is located
Euronews
Islamic State (ISIS)
Islamic State says Iran attack will not be the last - al Furqan
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A spokesman for the Islamic State said in an undated recording released on Wednesday that an attack on Iranian Revolutionary Guards, which the group claimed on Saturday, would not be
Belgium
Fog of War: Rudi Vranckx explores how international law is on the slide in war zones
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The WTC towers, Guantanamo and the black holes, President Obama's drone war, President Assad's gas attacks and the brutality of IS that spare nobody …
Medieval
Medieval Warfare VIII.5 - The Umayyad Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire (674-718)
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New-25% Medieval Warfare VIII.5 (Pre-order) Medieval Warfare VIII.5 with The Umayyad Caliphate versus the Byzantine Empire (674-718) Before its fall in …
Book Reviews
Fiction Book Review: Her Majesty’s American by Steve White. Baen, $16 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-4814-8342-1
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Her Majesty’s American Steve White. Baen, $16 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-4814-8342-1 More By and About This Author With a strong combination of …
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Middle East
Calls in Iraq to protect archaeological treasures
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For 12 centuries the spiral minaret of the Great Mosque at Samara has survived storms and wars. But perhaps its greatest danger is from neglect. Some of Iraq's most significant archaeological discoveries
Middle East
US-Backed Forces Continue Offensive on ISIS in East Syria
aawsat.com
US-backed forces have launched an offensive on ISIS’ last stronghold in eastern Syria, but the man dubbed the world's "most wanted"-- ISIS leader Abu …
Battle of Karbala
Decoding Iran’s Politics: Iconic Figures of Islam as Political Symbols
iranwire.com
In the political terminology of the Islamic Republic of Iran, there are many references to the history of Islam, and Shia Islam in particular. Many …
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Syrian Democratic Forces
Raqqa’s underground caliphate
RFI - Filip Warwick
In October of last year the rebel Syrian Democratic Forces with support of the US led coalition entered Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic …
Battle of Karbala
Millions of Shia mourners mark Tasu’a across Iran
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Iranians are attending mourning ceremonies in their millions across the country to mark Tasu’a, ahead of the day in history that witnessed the …
Sunni Islam
Ashura and the Story of Hussain – Achieving Victory Despite Oppression
patheos.com - altmuslim
Muslims around the world commemorate in Muharram (the first month of the Muslim year) the death of Hussain ibn Ali, a leader who epitomized the …
International Law
Rise and Fall
patheos.com - Dan Peterson
I share here a couple of passages extracted for my future use from Michael Bonner, Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice (Princeton and …