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The Protocol of the Wannsee Conference
A key historical document of the Nazi Holocaust
Jun 17
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Kyle Orton
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Is Britain Finally Getting Serious About Iranian Terrorism?
The test of the new National Security (State Threats) Bill is if it designates the IRGC
Jun 10
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Kyle Orton
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May 2026
Usama Bin Laden’s Eulogy for the Founder of the Islamic State
Bin Laden’s 2006 farewell to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then-Al-Qaeda’s man in Iraq
May 30
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Kyle Orton
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Trump’s “Mandatory Request” for an Expansion of the Abraham Accords is Delusional
The impasse in U.S.-Iran negotiations cannot be broken by opening six new sets of negotiations on another issue.
May 26
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Kyle Orton
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How the Islamic State Weaponises History
The main editorial from Al-Naba 548
May 23
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Kyle Orton
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The First Shark Attack
A brief history of European-shark relations
May 17
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Kyle Orton
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Is the Supreme Leader in Control of the Islamic Revolution?
Assessing the status of Mojtaba Khamenei in Iran’s regime
May 12
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Kyle Orton
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Seymour Hersh Didn’t Change
Film Review: ‘Cover-Up’ (2025)
May 8
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Kyle Orton
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Islamic State Mocks Al-Qaeda’s Alliance with Tuareg Separatists in Mali
The editorial from Al-Naba 545
May 4
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Kyle Orton
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April 2026
The Tsardom and the Jews
Antisemitism was not an official policy of the Russian Imperial government
Apr 29
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Kyle Orton
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The Difference Between “Religion” and Islam
Some notes on the definition of ‘Deen’ and secularism in the Islamic world
Apr 26
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Kyle Orton
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Armenians and Academia
How scholarly consensus is made and what to make of it.
Apr 9
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Kyle Orton
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