#Scholars

Dave Griffith

poorerthandead

Thread: If anyone is teaching Flannery O'Connor this fall, the publication of @AODonnellAngela's important new book RADICAL AMBIVALENCE: RACE IN FLANNERY O'CONNOR (@FordhamPress) has basically laid the foundations for a

Andrew Watkins

and_huh_what

THREAD: On Taliban Prisoners as Leverage in Negotiations.Many people, including experienced scholars & high-ranking officials, are discussing Taliban prisoners as if they are a significant or even primary source of

eizad

eizadarian

blessings in disguise: a threadthis time, last year, during Ramadhan, was one of the darkest times I’d been through.I had hit the highest high I could possibly imagine, that impossible

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kxrdistanian

An unpopular narrative that many will deny and reject, either out of ignorance or because they follow this path (Tabbaruj) Women who wear the headscarf with makeup/tight clothing are

Jessica Price

Delafina777

not gonna RT what inspired this because it's a POC with a small following and I think they're mistaken rather than malicious but: Rolling my eyes really hard at Christians

Qinnitan

qinnitan

The history of astrology and why it is haram in Islam, a thread:Astrology - the study of the movements and positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars in the

The Intellectualist

highbrow_nobrow

1. Amy Coney Barrett, reportedly President Trump’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, belongs to a religious group that believes in prophecy, speaking in tongues and divine

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

Regular reminder that many assumptions treated as fact in elite debate on today's media are directly contradicted by evidence in some great peer reviewed academic researchEcho chambers? Not so muchFilter

Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳

Aabhas24

1/n #SadarPranam to Ishvara within you @irfhabib ji. Will you call work of #IrfanHabib in regards to Mughals? Because his works don’t say so great about Akbar & Mughals as

Julian Gewirtz

JulianGewirtz

US-China relations are endlessly compared to a new "Cold War"—but I think we need more creative analogies. One analogy that I've been considering recently is less well known to Americans

Javeed Sukhera MD PhD

javeedsukhera

"We all fail" says @LaraVarpio leading off a mini plenary at #icre2020 on finding growth and opportunity in the face of failure. Inability to perform. Fracture under stress. Lack of

Yascha Mounk

Yascha_Mounk

Most Americans believe the upcoming election will be legitimate—unless their favorite candidate loses. So how can we determine if a) "we were robbed" or b) the election was legitimate?For @TheAtlantic

Khmer Rouge History

realtimeKR

Please read this thread for a brief history of the #KhmerRouge. It permits critical lessons for an investigation of human behavior, ideology, beliefs and justice. I will continuously update it,

مفزل

MMif7

#MurtadUthema#BanUthemaWhy feminism leads to apostasy? (Thread)Simple logic: If you adopt a moral standard by which the Quran is considered immoral, then you have two choices. You either reject that moral

Katie Meehan

meehanmonster

Hand washing doesn't happen without water. Thanks to @CharlesMBlow for highlighting our work on insecure water access and #plumbingpoverty in the USA. Want more #waterinsecurity facts to blow your mind

Jason Lyall

jaylyall_red5

Recent scholarship has called attention to how Western-centric biases shape our understandings of war --- including which belligerents & wars matter for our studies. A quick thread, drawing on data