Middle East Strategy at Harvard A new article by Thomas Hegghammer in the Times Literary Supplement, entitled "Jihadi studies: the obstacles to understanding radical Islam and the opportunities to know it better," lives up to its title—not so much by delineating what these obstacles are, but rather by being representative of them. Regrettably, the author evokes the same old … [Read more...]
Real Talk?
The Saudi king ought to stop killing non-Muslims first National Review Online Translations of this item: French According to the Associated Press, Saudi King Abdullah, in an unprecedented move last week, "made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians, and Jews" — going so far as to refer to the latter two as "our brothers." The Jerusalem … [Read more...]
L’ennemi public numéro 1 de l’Islam
Le prêtre copte Zakaria Botros combat le feu par le feu Liberty Vox Translation of the original text: Islam's 'Public Enemy #1' Bien qu'il soit peu connu en Occident, le prêtre copte [url=http://www.fatherzakaria.net/]Zakaria Botros[/url], désigné " l'ennemi public numéro 1" de l'Islam par le journal arabe, al-Insan al-Jadid, fait des vagues dans le monde islamique. Avec … [Read more...]
Islam’s ‘Public Enemy #1’
National Review Online Translations of this item: Danish Portuguese French Swedish Though he is little known in the West, Coptic priest Zakaria Botros — named Islam's "Public Enemy #1" by the Arabic newspaper, al-Insan al-Jadid — has been making waves in the Islamic world. Along with fellow missionaries — mostly Muslim converts — he appears frequently on … [Read more...]
Amalek
What's in a Name? Middle East Strategy at Harvard During the eulogy of the eight slain students of the March 6 terrorist attack at Mercaz HaRav yeshiva school in West Jerusalem, highly-respected Rabbi Ya'akov Shapira made, for the average gentile, a rather elusive allusion regarding the attack: "The murderer did not want to kill these people in particular, but everyone living … [Read more...]