Middle East Strategy at Harvard At the recent inaugural conference for the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), presenter LTC Joseph Myers made an interesting point that deserves further elaboration: that, though military studies have traditionally valued and absorbed the texts of classical war doctrine—such as Clausewitz's On War, Sun Tzu's The Art … [Read more...]
Jihadi Studies as Trivia
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...]