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- ↑ LPJ interview with John McDonnell, 11 Jan 2008
- ↑ LPJ interview with John Pilger, 18 Jan 2008
- ↑ LPJ interview with Howard Zinn, 25 Apr 2008
- ↑ LPJ interview with Mordechai Vanunu, 4 Jul 2008
- ↑ LPJ interview with Antonio Navarro Wolff, 19 Dec 2008
- ↑ LPJ interview with Ilan Pappe, 3 Apr 2009
- ↑ LPJ interview with Malalai Joya, 9 Oct 2009
- ↑ Cesari, Jocelyne (2014). The Oxford Handbook of European Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 740. ISBN 9780199607976.