Discuss a selection of articles regarding Islam and the Middle East

It's a month discussing refugees, Islam and the Middle East and Arabs in America. We'll be discussing these articles:

The Most Important Thing Missing from Coverage of Syria: The Perspectives of Syrians Themselves

http://inthesetimes.com/article/19099/syria-burning-country-noam-chomsky-robert-fisk-patrick-cockburn

Syria and the Left

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/syria-war-crisis-refugees-assad-dictatorship-arab-spring-intervention-russia/

Islamophobia: Toward a legal definition and framework

http://columbialawreview.org/content/islamophobia-toward-a-legal-definition-and-framework/