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The gassings of Russians by Germans preceded the gassings at
The gassings of Russians by Germans preceded the gassings at Auschwitz—the first mass gassings were of Russian prisoners of war in the southern Ukra...

"Never Again": Two Markedly Different Conclusions "One afternoon,
"Never Again": Two Markedly Different Conclusions "One afternoon, I shared these thoughts with a new colleague, the Israeli vice chancellor of the Bu...

Genocide and Mass Destruction are too Part of Western
Genocide and Mass Destruction are too Part of Western Civilization “Mass destruction and genocide were as much the product of "Western civilization...

Mohamed ElBaradei “Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Prize-winning
Mohamed ElBaradei “Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat and Egypt’s most prominent liberal, said Thursday that he had worked hard t...

Human beings burn surprisingly quickly….. "This is how David
Human beings burn surprisingly quickly….. "This is how David Halberstam, the New York Times journalist who witnessed the event [of the]…self-immo...

Breath, Soul and Self “The [Arabic] word I have in mind is nafs
Breath, Soul and Self “The [Arabic] word I have in mind is nafs (cognate with Hebrew nephesh), the main reflexive pronoun in Arabic, which is to sa...

Culture Talk, The West and Two Methods for Treating the
Culture Talk, The West and Two Methods for Treating the “Barbarians”: African and Muslims “We need to distinguish between two contrasting nar...

Martyrdom and Guilt Sadly, (too) many people across the Arab and
Martyrdom and Guilt Sadly, (too) many people across the Arab and Muslim world-- and no doubt elsewhere too—will fully and painfully understand the...