Author: dgill

In this article, it discusses the Islamic art collection in the Louvre and it is a total of 17,500 artifacts. One such artifact is a large tile panel belonging to the tomb of Sultan Selim II and the Culture and Tourism Ministry wants it returned to the Hagia Sophia Museum. A very interesting read and it talks about issues on illegal artifacts.

Link: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/louvres-collection-of-islamic-artifacts-among-largest-in-world-137946

The U.S. Department of Education is threatening to pull funding Duke and UNC joint Middle East because its curriculum fails to address the region’s Christians and Jews. If the universities want to solve the problem, they have provide a revised schedule of activities and thoroughly describe them.

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/politics/education-department-middle-east-studies-islam-christianity-judaism/index.html

Although Christianity and Judaism are the largest religious groups in the United States, Islam are rapidly catching up in 2040. According to the Pew Institute, the Muslim population will increase to 8.1 million and surpass the Judaism population. The main reason is due to immigration and that the Muslim population is more youthful than the other religious groups.

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/politics/muslim-population-growth-second-religious-group-trnd/index.html

If you ever wondered how the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq affected archaeology in the region, this Atlantic article talks about how easy ancient Mesopotamian artifacts have ended up online on the black market. For example, you can find a terracotta fragment bearing a god on a chariot for $225 on Live Auctioneers and even more shocking, they are being sold out of London.

Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/iraq-war-archeology-invasion/555200/

This is my first crack on an Islam article and it was a shame I couldn’t find a more positive one, but here it goes. This is a CNN article written over the summer that talks about Western countries cracking down on China imprisoning Muslims and other minorities in detention centers (sound familiar?). While the UN and the Western World (mainly Canada, Japan, Australia, and Europe), other countries (Muslim countries in particular) have come to the defense of China’s methods and its a very intriguing read.

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/asia/uyghurs-muslim-countries-china-intl/index.html