Islam
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Religion trumps race in Sri Lanka
Citing a monk-led mob attacking Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka, the author argues South Asians grasp the power of religion over race better than most, pointing to South Asian Muslims’…
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The issue is how you experience Islam
Responding to Sadiq Khan’s statement that a terror attack has nothing to do with his Islam, the author argues most non-Muslims know Muslims only through terrorism, so such acts become…
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A Few Questions re Trumpistan..
Posing questions on Trump’s America, the author argues Trump and his advisers truly believe the United States is in a fight to the death with Islam, with Putin as ally,…
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Is Islam the rock on which the liberal order broke?
Prompted by an article on global democracy in danger, the author revisits Fukuyama’s end-of-history thesis and asks whether Islam, rather than the postmodern critics of the West, is the force…
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Stephen Bannon Speaks..
The author discusses Stephen Bannon’s 2014 Vatican conference remarks, noting his commitment to a global war with Islam and his elite-bashing, and argues that his ‘Judeo-Christian West’ history and economic…
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Quick Review: What is Islam, by Shahab Ahmed
A quick review of Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam?, which the reviewer finds overlong and unclear in purpose: it shows the wide variety of belief and practice in Islamicate societies,…
