Abdennour Bidar: Lettre ouverte au monde musulman
A Muslim philosopher on the monster within Islam. English version. Time to start actually thinking, not just reacting. Trouble is that there are not many more voices like that. The…
As Others Flee to West, Most Syrian Refugees Remain in Region|NYT
NYT: As Others Flee to West, Most Syrian Refugees Remain in Region We are in a situation: damned if you do and damned if you don’t. If we intervene, we…
The Guardian: Israel has many injustices. But it is not an apartheid state
Benjamin Pogrund in the Guardian: Israel has many injustices. But it is not an apartheid state
ThinkProgress: Did Jeb Bush’s Brother Create ISIS?
The paper examines the genesis of Al Qaida and, subsequently, ISIL in a rational way. However, missing from the conclusion is the simple fact that, were it not for the…
Guilt-tripping the European public won’t help the drowning migrants | Alex Duval Smith | Comment is free | The Guardian
One comment that makes sense – but it’s drowned by the flood of feel good guilt trip rants which, while advocating accepting unlimited immigration, ignore the consequences of such policies.…
Droga, 100 dollari al giorno e il bollino nero sulla licenza, così combatte un miliziano dell’Is|Repubblica.it
Il Califfato ha il suo “esercito”, con gerarchie carriere, stipendi e un consiglio militare. L’antiterrorismo europeo ha ricostruito Source: Droga, 100 dollari al giorno e il bollino nero sulla licenza,…
Europe and Middle East
Nearly all Europeans had every reason to continue reprisals and revenge, after the end of WWII in 1945. Instead, with few exceptions, people got busy rebuilding their life, getting back…
One Europe: Why so much islamophobia in Europe?
Why so much islamophobia in Europe? It’s the egg and the chicken: as the first generation of north-African workers came to France and Turks to Germany, they had work, but…
Facebook allows videos of beheadings
BBC News: Facebook lets beheading clips return A few years ago we had a discussion at work on whether we should screen material containing extreme violence, showing beheadings of western…
Les intellectuels égyptiens justifient le coup de force mené par l’armée|Le Temps
Les intellectuels égyptiens justifient le coup de force mené par l’armée C’est un de ces cas qui exigent une vraie refléxion, pas seulement une réaction automatique et manichéenne de bon-mauvais,…