Posts Tagged: islam
Explaining Doublespeak to Our friends
These are difficult times, as we simultaneously confront threats from our neighbors and intensified pressure from every direction. The situation is aggravated by the upheavals...
Terrorist Prison Blues
Life in prison is difficult, especially for 20 Muslim inmates at a high security unit housing 30 people in total. They miss their...
Elections in Libya Should be Deferred
While the Libyan rebels have rightfully celebrated the ousting of Muammar al-Qaddafi after 42-year reign in Libya, turning him from all powerful-dictator to...
Group Claims to Hoist al-Qaida Flag In Sinai (VIDEO)
In a scene resembling an Islamist version of the post-apocalyptic film "Mad Max," dozens of kaffiyeh-covered young men ride into the heart of Egypt's Sinai...
Floating Some Ideas for the Flotilla Folk
Now that the world has been treated once again to the sight of such selfless, humanistic, courageous, modern-day Martin Luther Kings and Rosa Parks, whose...
Middle East Studies in Upheaval
The troubled academic study of the Middle East and Islam by Americans is changing in fundamental ways. I offer some thoughts based on 42 years...
Bin Laden’s Burial and other Religious Frauds
The bizarre burial of Osama bin Laden at sea - an action necessitated by our government's need to accommodate Islamic law requiring that a Muslim...
TV Networks Promote Evangelical Islamists
Imagine a major television network promoting an evangelical organization keen to convert the entire country, all in the name of preventing hate against a religion....
Where are the Voices of Moderate Islam?
When declaring war against radical Islam in response to the 9/11 bombings, president George W. Bush made the statement that "Islam is a religion of...
