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Juan Cole

Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell collegiate professor of history at the University of Michigan. He is the author of "The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation From the Persian" and "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires." His latest book (as editor) is "Peace Movements in Islam." His award-winning blog is Informed Comment.

This handout screen grab captured from a video shows Yemen's Houthi fighters' takeover of the Galaxy Leader Cargo in the Red Sea coast off Hudaydah, on November 20, 2023 in the Red Sea, Yemen. (Houthi Movement via Getty Images)

Is a US war in the Middle East coming? No, because it’s already here

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Palmachim Airbase near the city of Rishon LeZion on July 5, 2023. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

How Israel occupied itself

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US President George W. Bush make a point during his State of the Union address 20 January 2004 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. In his speech, Bush had vowed that the United States "will never seek a permission slip" to go to war as he took aim in his annual State of the Union speech at critics of the invasion of Iraq. | Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of big businesses at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 24, 2022. - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said his country wanted to remain part of the world economy and had no plans to harm it. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, killing dozens and triggering warnings from Western leaders of unprecedented sanctions. Russian air strikes hit military installations across the country and ground forces moved in from the north, south and east, forcing many Ukrainians flee their homes to the sounds of bombing. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Stephen JAFFE/AFP/Alexey NIKOLSKY)

When we were Vladimir Putin: The American war from hell, 20 years later

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Thousands of people gather at the White House to protest President Donald Trumps ban on people from seven Muslim majority countries entering the United States in Washington, USA on January 29, 2017. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Islamophobia and the insurrection: Law enforcement focused on Muslims for years, and then …

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Fundamentalist pandemics: What evangelicals could learn from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam

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With oil prices falling amid the COVID-19 recession, it’s the beginning of the end for fracking

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Jamal Khashoggi (AP/Hasan Jamali)

On the anniversary of Khashoggi’s murder, are Trump’s calls with Saudi prince also on secret server?

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An anti-Muslim ban rally (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Hating Muslims in the Age of Trump: How Muslims became the enemy

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Protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Sept. 30, 2011 (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Wired for change: Millennials, hashtag activism and today’s new Arabs

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3 accomplishments of the Arab Spring that everybody seems to have forgotten

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A Palestinian family sit outside a disputed house as Jewish settler rests at the house door, in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Thursday, March 25, 2010. Following a seemingly chilly reception at the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu is learning the hard way that he can't have it all. The Israeli leader will not likely be able to settle east Jerusalem with Jews and maintain strong relations with the Obama administration. He will be hard pressed to please his far-right coalition partners and still negotiate credibly with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) (AP)

Netanyahu moves forward on colonizing West Bank

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Misreading the Quran to threaten the “South Park” guys

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Why economic sanctions on Iran won’t work

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Some terrorist groups can survive assassinations

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Obama hints that “two-state solution” may be impossible

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Israeli regulations authorize mass expulsion of Palestinians

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Terrorists are terrorists, Christian or Muslim

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Israel’s far-right government only helps Iran

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Ten reasons why East Jerusalem does not belong to Israel

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Jeff Goldberg’s blood-and-soil Israeli nationalist fantasy

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The unmaking of the Palestinian nation

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How to tell what’s what in Afghanistan

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An image made from video provided by Iranian State TV, pro-government demonstrators gather in the central square of Tehran to mark the 31st anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution Thursday Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/IRIB via APTN) (AP)

How Iran checkmated the dissidents

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Remembering, and reclaiming, the Islamic revolution

Juan Cole

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