Under the Flag of Islamism
Christian minorities in the Middle East fear new regimes
Post Tagged with: "Muslim"
The True Governments of Somalia
Somaliland may be the most stable and smoothest functioning democracy that officially does not exist.
Chomsky on 9/11
Was there an alternative to that disastrous September day? A review of Chomsky's recent book.
The Democratic Divergence
As authoritarian regimes have crumbled in the Arab World, so too has the gulf that once separated politics from religion.
Open Letter to Representative Peter King
The hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims should be stopped.
Marty Peretz and the Intent/Effect Principle
Harvard University is a private institution with a private set of needs, among them financial needs and the ever-present need to remain true to its institutional identity. If you’re interested in the question of whether the Social Studies Degree Committee should create a research grant in Marty Peretz’s honor, then that’s where you have to start, with the fact that all actions [...]
A Lebanese Angle on the Rima Fakih Story
Apart from being an excellent excuse to boost web traffic with pictures of bikini-clad women (cf. The Huffington Post), you may not have seen Lebanese journalist Hanin Ghaddar’s very interesting article last week in Foreign Policy comparing American and Lebanese reactions to the Rima Fakih story. In America: Not many people — let along beauty pageant winners — have been accused [...]
Religion in America?
America has long had a complex, almost schizophrenic attitude towards religion.
