Middle East and North Africa

Larry is a big moron but man what a cool mailbag, he's got a native american guy who converted first to salafism and then to shia islam writing him. I wish my mentions could be like that but I'm not sure I'm cut out to earn it. He just explains the basics of Islamic warfare and then goes from there.

Iran’s military response to Israel was governed by the following theological constraints: 1) the Iranian Military was NOT allowed Islamically to do preemptive strikes, 2) they were NOT allowed Islamically to continue fighting whenever the enemy wishes to stop fighting, and 3) they are ONLY allowed to fight defense battles… wars of aggression are Islamically forbidden. I will also add that 4) harming innocent men, women, and children, during times of war is FORBIDDEN and caution must be strictly adhered to! Although, I mentioned these truths, I was negligent in presenting the corresponding evidences to my statements, and God-willing this brief email will rectify that. Now then, I would like to begin this email by mentioning a verse from the Holy Qur’an[...]

Completely missed this as I haven't been as obsessed with war as I should be since the de facto ceasefire began

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6450119

By Vijay Prashad.

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There’s a chance here for Syria, Iran and Turkey to collaborate and destroy the oil looters. Cutting [some of] Israel’s energy supply is reason enough.