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Leaders of academic institutions and professional associations react to Executive Order known as Muslim Ban: University of California System:
Continue ReadingReacting to the Executive Order, widely known as the Muslim Ban, issued by the White House January 28, 2017, leaders of academic institutions and professional associations made statements expressing concerns, condemnations, and/or listing resources to deal with the impact of the EO. These statements are archived here for readers and researchers reference. ____Boston University:
Continue ReadingLeaders of academic institutions and professional associations react to Executive Order known as Muslim Ban: The University of Washington
Continue ReadingThe White House justified its ban on Muslims coming from seven countries by citing potential threat of terrorism and national security. The facts do not support that argument. First, it is a fact that none of the terrorists who actually carried out attacks in the United States since 2001 has had any connections to countries Read more
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Continue ReadingAnalysis: Was Astana Meeting on Syria a Success? Leader of the new faction created by Nusra: Abu Jabir al-Sheikh In past, when the U.S. administration and the Russian government attempted to solve the Syrian crisis, their efforts collapsed because they failed to reach an agreement on identifying and separating terrorist groups from non-terrorist groups, or Read more
Continue ReadingEva Bartlett is an independent writer and rights activist with extensive experience in Syria and in the Gaza Strip, where she lived a cumulative three years (from late 2008 to early 2013). She documented the 2008/9 and 2012 Israeli war crimes and attacks on Gaza while riding in ambulances and reporting from hospitals. From June-August Read more
Continue ReadingWhen the British government is forced to choose between factual truth and political imperatives, it chose politics The UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson stated a fact almost universally known by now. He pointed out that Saudi Arabia is fomenting sectarian war in the region. Saudi officials were angered by the comments and Saudi media accused Read more
Continue ReadingQatar’s global media outlet, Aljazeera, reported that 200 Egyptian military officers and experts are now in Syria. The report, is based on a Lebanese source, came days after the Egyptian president, Abdulfattah al-Sisi, in an interview to Portuguese media, said that he supported the Syrian national army in its war on terrorists. This seemingly new Read more
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