Omid Safi’s Exquisite Art of Moral Equivalency
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on March 27, 2012
Last week, Omid Safi, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, used his blog “What Would Muhammad Do” at the Religion News Service to claim a moral equivalency between Ft. Hood jihadist Major Nidal Malik Hasan Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Iraqi Kurdistan Without Blinders
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on March 23, 2012
Ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, media reports have typically drawn a contrast between the relatively prosperous the areas of Iraq under the jurisdiction of the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the rest of the country. For example, Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Muslim Persecution of Christians: February, 2012
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on March 19, 2012
Half of Iraq’s indigenous Christians are gone due to the unleashed forces of jihad, many of them fleeing to nearby Syria; yet, as the Assad regime comes under attack by al-Qaeda and others, the jihad now seeps into Syria, where Christians are Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Talking Points
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on March 4, 2012
A hallmark of U.S. President Barack Obama’s approach to Israel has been to confront Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly about areas of disagreement almost every time they meet. The headlines are always about settlements, occupied territory in Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Tawriya: New Islamic Doctrine Permits ‘Creative Lying’
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on March 3, 2012
Perhaps you have heard of taqiyya, the Muslim doctrine that allows lying in certain circumstances, primarily when Muslim minorities live under infidel authority. Now meet tawriya, a doctrine that allows lying in virtually all circumstances—including to Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Obama: ‘Son of Islam’?
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on February 28, 2012
Many in the media are indignant with Reverend Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Invited on “Morning Joe” last Tuesday to discuss Christian persecution, the hosts turned the focus to interrogating Graham on whether he Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Brief Reviews
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on February 5, 2012
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U.S. Accused of Running Over Egyptian Civilians
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on February 3, 2012
How many are the lies that Egypt’s military regime has forwarded concerning its role in attacking and killing Egyptian demonstrators since it usurped power a year ago? There were, for instance, the lies concerning the Maspero massacre, where the military Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Jihad: When Elections Fail
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on January 29, 2012
The Obama administration supports “democracy” and “self determination” in the Middle East—two euphemisms that, in the real world, refer to “mob-rule” and “Islamic radicalization,” respectively. Yet, as Jimmy Carter recently put it: “I don’t have any Middle East Forum :: Writings
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Why The President Should Speak Out Against Religious Persecution
Posted by fabfeistyandfifty on January 26, 2012
On January 24, during his State of the Union Address, the president of the United States has a chance to expose the plight of religious minorities living in Muslim majority nations. Doing so would not merely shed light on one of the most ignored Middle East Forum :: Writings
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