by Patricia Sullivan Washington Post Laurent Murawiec, 58, a think-tank geostrategist who stirred an outcry in 2002 by contending that Saudi Arabia was the "kernel of evil" in the Muslim world and that its oil fields should be seized if it didn't do more to fight terrorism, died Oct. 7 of multiple myeloma at his home in Washington. Mr. Murawiec told the Defense Policy Board … [Read more...]
An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden – or Any Other Islamist
Pajamas Media Translations of this item: Hebrew Ever since 9/11, when Osama bin Laden was thrust into the spotlight, he has made it a point to occasionally submit questions to Americans — questions which he apparently thinks are unanswerable. In his last message "commemorating" 9/11, for instance, after rehashing the storyline that the jihad on America wholly revolves … [Read more...]
La déconcertante approche d’Obama envers le monde musulman
Poste de Veille Translation of the original text: Obama's Puzzling Approach to the Muslim World Le président Obama et moi-même avons en commun quelque chose que peu d'Américains partagent avec nous : nous avons été élevés par au moins un parent – biologique ou non, peu importe – qui est né et a grandi dans un milieu islamique. Intimement conscient de ce fait et de ses … [Read more...]
Debate on Muslim Charity
Al-Jazeera: The Riz Khan Show Panel: Jennifer Turner, Laila al-Marayati, Raymond Ibrahim Riz Khan "Hello and welcome. Can a Muslim donate money without raising suspicion? It's a question that the 7 million or so Muslims living in the USA are asking now as the holy month of Ramadan gets underway. It's a particularly auspicious time in the Islamic calendar, and one where … [Read more...]
Quando gli Occidentali smetteranno di “occidentalizzare” i concetti islamici?
Pezzo in lingua originale inglese: When Will Westerners Stop Westernizing Islamic Concepts? Recentemente, Cathy Lynn Grossman di USA Today ha scritto un articolo sulla zakat musulmana, in cui mi ha citato, definendomi come un "critico dell'islàm". Ha proseguito poi con un successivo articolo, intitolato: "Un critico mette in dubbio scopi e fini della beneficenza islamica", in … [Read more...]