French Muslims and the Secular State
Islam has a history largely forgotten today: Schools seem largely to ignore or suppress topics related to Western-Islamic, Indian or Middle Eastern rivalries or contacts.
Saudi Acceptance of the “Other” – a Change?
Islam could have created an alternative to tribal culture, but instead, added another barrier to relations with the rest of the world. Has insular Saudi Arabia opened up to the Vatican – and Israel?
Religion vs. Free Speech
Speaking and writing about Islam today requires discretion, sensitivity, and a good grasp of facts.
Spain: Catalonia’s Continuing Jihad Problem
Police in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia arrested 18 members of a jihadi cell plotting an attack in Barcelona and then released all but three.
Which Countries are Apartheid States?
Although Israel is frequently accused of being an “apartheid state,” few of those who hear the accusation and none of those who make it understand what it actually means.
Islamist Migrants
Islamist thinkers see emigration as an opportunity to conquer the places in which they choose to live and turn them into Islamic states.
The New Censorship
But deflecting anger about Europe’s past crimes isn’t justice and it harms the cause of human freedom everywhere. It’s a cheap dodge, for which Europe is paying a rising price. Let’s not make the same mistakes here.
European Human Rights Court Backs Sharia Blasphemy Law
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that criticism of Mohammed, the founder of Islam, constitutes incitement to hatred and therefore is not protected free speech.
Terrorism and Psychopathology: Understanding the Vital Differences
The line of demarcation between authentic terrorism and mental illness is irremediably unclear. Nonetheless, going forward, decision-makers in both Jerusalem and Washington will need to more diligently correlate principal counterterrorist policies with pertinent causal factors.
Fatah and Hamas: Reconciliation or Divorce?
There are manifold reasons that make it so difficult to effect a compromise between the two movements and they involve every aspect of Palestinian Arab life. They do agree on Israel.
