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Why the Islamic State is the minor leagues of terror | Middle East Eye - 0 views

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  • Ed Webb on 06 Jan 16
     
    "The sole advantage the Islamic State has when it comes to this country is that it turns out to be so easy to spook us."
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Blaming Islam for ISIS: A convenient lie to prepare us for more war | Middle East Eye - 0 views

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  • We can’t defeat ISIS if we misrepresent what and who ISIS actually is. Far from being the apocalyptic Islamist group that Wood contends they are, actual IS documents and blue prints reveal IS to be methodical state builders, led by secular Baathists – who aim to restore Sunni-Baathist power in Iraq. These documents also make clear that Saddam’s former generals (anti-Islamists) use Islam as a recruitment tool. “They [ISIS founders] reasoned that Baghdadi, an educated cleric, would give the group a religious face,” notes the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
  • recruits are drawn to ISIS for reasons that have little to do with extremist Islam. “They are woefully ignorant about Islam and have difficulty answering questions about Sharia law, militant jihad, and the Caliphate,”
  • the media welcomes only those who blame Islam or “radical Islam” and not those who speak to the conditions that make ISIS appealing
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  • blaming Islam makes us feel good about ourselves. Blaming Islam is good for television ratings. Blaming Islam makes it easier to sell new wars
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"Arabian Street Artists" Bomb Homeland: Why We Hacked an Award-Winning Series | Heba Amin - 0 views

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    Love this so much
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Forget 'developing' poor countries, it's time to 'de-develop' rich countries | Global D... - 0 views

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    Forget developing poorer countries - it's time to reverse the over-developed world.
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zenpundit.com » Blog Archive » ISIS: Paganism with an Islamic Face? - 0 views

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  • Ed Webb on 09 Oct 15
     
    Important and, to me, persuasive analysis.
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Turkish police 'seize Islamic State coin-makers' | Middle East Eye - 0 views

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  • Turkish police have arrested six foreign nationals and seized material allegedly used by Islamic State (IS) militants to produce coins for the group
  • the coins produced are used as currency in IS-controlled areas
  • IS announced last year that it would start producing its own currency in an effort to "emancipate itself from the satanic global economic system".
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  • based on the original dinar coins used during the Caliphate of Uthman in 634 CE, was set to include seven minted coins: two gold, three silver and two copper. One gold dinar would be worth about $139
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