Hugging Iraq’s Leaders
[NY Sun title: “Sink or Swim Time for Iraq”] The signals that came out of Baghdad on April 26, when two U.S. cabinet members met with the newly elected Iraqi prime minister-designate, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, struck me as counterproductive. The ostensible goal of the Americans’ trip was, in the words of the New York Times, “to re-establish public confidence in the government and rid the country’s security forces of infiltration by sectarian militias.” But what they really did was tout Mr. al-
[Pew Poll on] How Muslims Think
[NY Sun title: “Survey of World’s Muslims Yields Dismaying Results”] How do Muslims worldwide think? To find out, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press carried out a large-scale attitudinal survey this spring. Titled “The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other,” it interviewed Muslims in two batches of countries: six of them with long-standing, majority-
What Jewish Ties to Jerusalem?
Historically, the religious standing of Jerusalem for Muslims waxed and waned with political circumstances. In a consistent and predictable cycle repeated six times through 14 centuries, Muslims focused on the city when it served their needs and ignored it when it did not. This contrast was especially obvious during the past century. British rule over the city, in 1917-48, galvanized a passion for Jerusalem that had been absent during the 400 years of Ottoman control.
Muslim Zionism
[NY Sun title: “The Power of Muslim Zionism”] Might Muslim Zionism be stronger than Jewish Zionism? Although the question may sound preposterous, it is not. Jewish Zionism evolved out of a steadfast three-millennium-old love of Jerusalem that flourished despite a dispersion that settled Jews far from their holy city. This love of Zion inspired the most extraordinary nationalist movement of the 20th century, one that motivated a far-
Small Kindness
The small kindness relates a series of activities in a way that grounds much of Islamic moral theology ..
[West Africa:] New Route to the West
The illegal immigration of non-Western peoples, I predict, will become an all-consuming issue in every Western country. As Western birth rates plummet, as communication and transportation networks improve, and as radical Islam increasingly rears its aggressive head, Europeans, Americans, and others worry about their economic standards and the continuity of their cultures. After ignoring this issue for decades, reactions in Europe especially have sharpened of late.
Is Campus Watch Part of a Conspiracy?
In their now-notorious pamphlet, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt say this about the founding of Campus Watch in 2002: The Lobby also monitors what professors write and teach. In September 2002, Martin Kramer and Daniel Pipes, two passionately pro-Israel neo-conservatives, established a website (Campus Watch) that posted dossiers on suspect academics and encouraged students to report remarks or behaviour that might be considered hostile to Israel.
Does the Police Department Profile? Should It?
Does the New York Police Department profile for potential terrorists - does it stop, arrest, search, or otherwise investigate a person on the assumption that his racial or ethnic identity makes him more likely to commit a certain type of crime? The NYPD, like every Western law enforcement agency, indignantly denies profiling. Its spokesman, Paul Browne, said in August, “Racial profiling is illegal, of doubtful effectiveness, and against department policy.” But it does, in fact, profile.
Sheeraz Hasan Wins Bollywood Award For Autobiography ‘Sheeraz – The Muslim American Dream’
Sheeraz Hasan, CEO and founder of www.hollywood.tv, was presented with the Best Autobiography Award at the 2006 Bollywood Awards June 10 in Trinidad for “Sheeraz – the Muslim American Dream.” (PRWEB Jun 13, 2006) Trackback URL: www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/SW5zZS1IYWxmLVBpZ2ctU2luZy1JbnNlLVplcm8=
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