Professor of Islamic Civilization @ Georgetown University, SFS, @ACMCU; https://xitter.cf/t.co/aXIunGznsm Views my own, not those of Georgetown U
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I sympathise with those that harbour this theological doubt, especially since the common responses to it that attempt to “vindicate” Allah from apparent injustice are all horrid.
The only compelling explanation is this:
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No UNSG candidate, save potentially Grossi, has generated as strong a negative reaction in the NGO community as the UAE's Lana Nusseibeh, as reflected in this piece...
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Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 90 hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…
"The Machine" has been activated ... a sophisticated cyborg sent back in time to ruin the lives of whose who have mis-transliterated measurement units and/or gotten narrators who shared every single name in common but who are actually different people mixed up...
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#New_Study - A #Safaitic inscription calls upon Shams (the divine sun) as judge, dayyān, paralleling his title in the Hammurapi code: šamaš dayyānum rabûm 'Shamash, the great judge' Read: tinyurl.com/mwd99w8s. Explore the inscriptions of the site: ociana.osu.edu/sites/994
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Went on BBC Politics Live to discuss why Zionism is a racist ideology. The anchor and all three panelists looked like they were about to cry at the end. Very weird behaviour.
Join the Green Party.
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The list of accounts that follows the UAE's nominee to the UN SecGen post
A family of dictators and the press outlets chasing their Dollars
I’ve heard that some favella gangs in Brazil literally wear mock IDF uniforms
as good a time as any to read @rojasrjuand 's seminal cover story in @amconmag. It would seem this shit is unpopular. theamericanconservative.com/…
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"The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage." - @NesrineMalik
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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I wrote this about the student protests in Serbia at the beginning of last year, for @NewLeftReview Sidecar. Re-sharing because a few people have asked about the background and because it's my favorite thing I wrote about the protests newleftreview.org/sidecar/po…
Jonathan AC Brown retweeted
Vucic concedes defeat. The true scale of the Student List victory remains to be seen — but this a political earthquake for the Western Balkans.
Sincere congratulations to the citizens of Serbia who held out hope against hope and mobilized in extraordinary numbers.
Jonathan AC Brown retweeted
İran, Ermenistan, Nahcivan sınırının buluştuğu Dilucu Sınır Kapısı köprüsünden çekmiştim bu kareyi. Küçük Ağrı ve Büyük Ağrı Dağları. Önde ise sınırı belirleyen Aras Nehri.
