Month: March 2013
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Good Governance in Islam in the Light of Takhalluq Bi Asmaa Allah Al Husna: A Classical Approach to Human Rights and Governance
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN ISLAM: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES #7 [This is the seventh in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Good Governance in Islam: Classical and Contemporary Approaches held in Herndon, VA. These notes have only been lightly edited and represent…
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Re-engaging the State: The Muslim Brotherhood, the Sadat Regime, and the Quest for Islamic Government in 1970s Egypt
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN ISLAM: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES #6 [This is the sixh in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Good Governance in Islam: Classical and Contemporary Approaches held in Herndon, VA. These notes have only been lightly edited and represent…
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Holder’s Answer to Rand Paul Is Not Good Enough
All Americans owe Rand Paul a debt of thanks for his recent filibuster to force the Obama administration to clarify its position on the constitutionality of drone strikes on American soil.  Unfortunately,  the Attorney General’s answer was not only slow in coming, it fell short. Mr. Holder said that it would not be constitutional to kill a noncombatant American on American…
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News and Analysis (3/11/13)
“For more than ten years [Mohammed Fahd] Qahtani, an economics professor, has been one of the most outspoken human rights activists in the deeply conservative country. Qahtani believes Saudis must demand their rights, and that speaking up and demanding a stronger rule of law is a moral responsibility”: Two Prominent Saudi Human Rights Activists Receive 10 Years…
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News and Analysis (3/9/13)
“The new cabinet will be led by the Islamist Ennahda party, backed by two secular parties and some independents. Ennahda has ceded control of key ministries, including foreign affairs, defence and the interior”: Tunisia PM Ali Larayedh Unveils New Government (BBC) Harlem Shake versus Halal Shlake: “Harlem shakers claim to represent life by setting their dancing…
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News and Analysis (3/7/13)
The decision adds uncertainty to Egypt’s struggling democracy when it least needs it, and the Mursi administration is sending mixed signals as to whether it will appeal, but insists it will uphold “the value of the rule of law and the constitution and implementing the principle of the separation of powers“: Egyptian Judges Postpone Elections…
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News and Analysis (3/5/13)
Separate bus lines? For Israeli settlers, Arabs on the bus is “a problem” and more rigorous apartheid is the solution: Police Order Palestinian Workers Off Buses to West Bank, at Request of Israeli Settlers (Haaretz) Israel takes Heat for de facto Segregation on New West Bank Buses (Christian Science Monitor) “Human rights organisations have revealed…
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News and Analysis (3/2/13)
Ignoring Hagel’s warning against the dangers of American pushiness, the new Secretary State, already facing charges that America has taken sides in Egyptian and Syrian internal affairs, urges Turkey’s PM to stop equating the Zionist project of expropriation, persecution, and demonization against the Palestinians with anti-Semitism: America Must Not Dictate” to World, New Defense Chief…
