A separate bomb attack and shooting spree targeted the Ayatollah Khomeini shrine and has killed up to seven people. Iran’s state TV news website said Wednesday four “terrorists,” including a suicide bomber, are behind the attack on the shrine of the late Ayatollah in the capital, Tehran. Attacks like this are rare in Iran and... Read More

September 24, 2013

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Akin Adesokan: Is Boko Haram now an excuse to murder innocent Nigerians?

by Akin Adesokan Knowing the Nigeria state and its way with nebulous categories and phrases, might the now-standard phrase “suspected Boko Haram members” used by the JTF and parroted by the media just be the rhetoric of a negligent system at lazy ease with the brutal killing of defenseless citizens? [NOTE: This column was written... Read More

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September 15, 2012

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The Economist: Why Muslim anger won’t calm down

To outside eyes it is as bizarre as it is repellent. A single event, book, cartoon, film or teddy bear, which represents nothing but its originator, who may not even be American, sparks lethal outbursts of mass protest. What, to prejudiced Westerners, could better exemplify Muslim backwardness and depravity? The latest bloody furore was provoked... Read More

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UPDATE: Bomb attack, shooting spree targets the Ayatollah shrine

Akin Adesokan: Is Boko Haram now an excuse to murder innocent Nigerians?

The Economist: Why Muslim anger won’t calm down

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