Month: May 2015
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News and Analysis (5/11/15)
“[F]our anti-Muslim terrorism suspects [taken] into custody[,] … accused of having planned attacks on mosques and asylum seekers … [and] believed to be right-wing extremists … procured explosives for possible terror attacks by the group” according to German police: In Germany, Are Anti-Muslim Terrorists the Real Threat? (Washington Post) “We ask the government to tell…
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News and Analysis (5/8/15)
Writers reject crass exploitation of the Charlie Hebdo atrocities by “some of the most repressive regimes on the planet” and France’s arrest and prosecution of “people for expressing unpopular, verboten political viewpoints and … a series of official censorship acts, including the blocking of websites”: Writers Withdraw From PEN Gala to Protest Award to Charlie Hebdo…
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News and Analysis (5/6/15)
“Geller and her claque pretend that they are the beleaguered defenders of a dire threat to 1st Amendment guarantees of free speech … [but] the exhibition’s honored guest was … Geller ally Geert Wilders — an avid book-banner. The Dutch politician has tried hard to have the Koran outlawed in the Netherlands” … Images of Muhammad…
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Work Ethics in Muslim Culture: The Transformation of an Obligation Into a Right
[This is the seventh in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Islamic Law and Ethics held in Herndon, VA in June  2014. These notes are NOT a transcript, but a lightly edited presentation of  my perception of the discussion. The proceedings will be published by IIIT at a later…
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News and Analysis (5/4/15)
“Tensions were already high in the Texas Muslim community after an Iraqi immigrant was shot dead in Dallas in March as he stood outside his apartment to photograph his first snowfall” … Texas Suspect’s Home Searched After Attack on Muhammad Cartoon Event (Guardian) … so Pamela Geller and Geert Wilders succeeded in provoking more violence:…
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News and Analysis (4/30/15)
“Elected officials must now step up and level with the world instead of pretending that Israel’s true nuclear capacity is somehow unclear. This hypocritical application of US policy drives much of the contempt the world has for Americans as we quote ‘the rule of law’; and act as some objective arbiter of truth who is…
