Month: May 2013
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News and Analysis (5/8/13)
Aleppo’s Military Revolutionary Council head Col. “Abdul-Jabbar Aqidi and FSA commander Col. Abdul Hamid Zakaria will attend a special session on “[t]he situation in Syria and the war against the regime of (President Bashar) Assad … off-the record & not for publication” organized by AIPAC offshoot WINIP: Hagel, Livni and Free Syrian Army Commanders Reported to Gather in D.C.…
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Islamic Rules of Order: The Link Between Classical and Contemporary Approaches to Good Governance
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN ISLAM: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES #9 [This is the nineth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Good Governance in Islam: Classical and Contemporary Approaches held in Herndon, VA. These notes have only been lightly edited and represent…
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News and Analysis (5/6/13)
UN investigator “Carla del Ponte told Swiss TV there were ‘strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof’. However, she said her panel had not yet seen evidence of government forces using chemical weapons”: Syria Crisis: UN’s del Ponte Says Evidence Rebels ‘Used Sarin’ (BBC) Israel says its attacks are a response to alleged transfer of…
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News and Analysis (5/3/13)
The unconfirmed report of the circumstances of “Hart’s death comes amid escalating chaos that has engulfed Guantanamo over the past three months—from a mass hunger strike to military commissions and renewed pressure on the White House to shut down the prison facility”: Guantanamo Attorney Found Dead in Apparent Suicide  (Truthout) Reportedly, “the bombs used at…
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News and Analysis (5/1/13)
“On the video, a middle-aged businessman can be heard asking Salim if he is Islamic and then asserting that most Muslims are terrorists. He says the Koran directs Muslims to kill nonbelievers and” and when asked if he is threatening the driver “uses an obscene phrase to respond in the affirmative”: Muslim Cabdriver Alleges Assault…
