Tag Archives: Jews

Gerald Hawting on the Mystery of the Ka’ba

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 June 2025

Below is a reproduction of an academic book chapter by G.R. Hawting, “The Origins of the Sanctuary at Mecca”, in G.H.A. Juynboll [ed.] (1982), Studies on the First Century of Islamic Society, pp. 23-47.

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Ahmad al-Shara Met Donald Trump, and the Islamic State is Not Pleased

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 May 2025

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What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

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Did 27 Million Soviet Citizens Die Fighting the Nazis?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 April 2025

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A Note on Viktor Zemskov’s Estimate of Soviet Fatalities in the Second World War

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 April 2025

Russian historian Viktor Zemskov estimated in 2012 that total Soviet losses in the “Great Fatherland War” were sixteen million (11.5 million military casualties and 4.5 million civilian deaths), a far lower total than the official Soviet claim since 1990, inherited by the Russian Federation, of twenty-seven million.

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The Evidence of Iran’s Responsibility for the October 7 Pogrom in Israel Keeps Piling Up

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 March 2025

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Visiting Post-Revolutionary Syria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 March 2025

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California’s Wildfires and Sudan’s Civil War: Latest Islamic State Editorials

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 January 2025

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Islamic State Condemns Syria’s Regime—and Syria’s Insurgents

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 December 2024

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