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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150426-islam-muslim-quran-middle-east-ngbootalk/ This article shows the different perspectives of Islam from a National Geographic journalist who spent time with a madrassa-trained scholar and researcher at Oxford University, ShaykhMohammadAkramNadwi. I thought this article was interesting and related to our class because it illustrates … Continue reading →

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/middleeast/syria-yarmouk-isis-shubert/index.html “Besieged and bombed by Syrian forces for more than two years, the desperate residents of this Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus awoke in early April to a new, even more terrifying reality — ISIS militants seizing Yarmouk after defeating … Continue reading →

“Islamic State militants in eastern Syria have captured at least 70 Assyrian Christians — including many women and children — in one of the largest recent abductions against religious minorities by the extremists, watchdog groups said Tuesday.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/watchdog-groups-islamic-state-abducts-christians-in-syria/2015/02/24/2a0ad814-bc32-11e4-b274-e5209a3bc9a9_story.html