Syrian Uprising Dilemma: The SS or the SA?
Taking sides in the Syrian uprising makes about as much sense as rooting for the SS over the SA, or vice versa. The al-Assad family regime could aptly be compared to a contemporary version of the SS....
View ArticleBook Review: No, We Can’t: Radical Islam, Militant Secularism and the Myth of...
No, We Can’t — the title of Robert Stearns’ latest book — prompts the question, no, we can’t what? His thesis is that we can’t continue on the West’s (and particularly the United States’) path toward...
View ArticleNuclear War Is Becoming Increasingly Likely in the Middle East
I don’t like to be an alarmist, but pieces are starting to fall together in a particularly uncomfortable way, and we here in the West are the last to see it. We’re all familiar with the “Arab Spring”...
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Book Review: William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight
I had a really strange experience while reading William S Burroughs vs. The Qur’an, the latest book by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by the Counterpoint Press imprint Soft Skull Press. I was...
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Book Review: Sikander by M. Salahuddin Khan
Sikander by M. Salahuddin Khan is a fictional book which chronicles the life of a Pakistani man and how it changed after 9/11. While this book could be considered a coming of age story, I believe it is...
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Book Review: The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva
The Secret Servant brings back Israeli spy Gabriel Allon in this seventh installment of Daniel Silva’s series. This time we find Allon as a weary, tired agent ready to hand up his holster and,...
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Black, White, East, West
On April 23, 1912, a religious leader from the Middle East addressed a multiracial audience at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. He praised the promise embodied in...
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Book Review: Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing by Michael...
The idea of using drugs in order to achieve some sort of spiritual enlightenment has been around for probably as long as humanity. Whether looking for answers to great mystical questions or just on a...
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Multicultural Miasma: What the Terror in Paris Should Teach Hollande and Obama
“Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.” So said France’s socialist president, Francois Hollande, after Islamic terrorists recently attacked the office of a...
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Book Review: ‘Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War’ by Mike Smith
Boko Haram is a name that has become synonymous with terrorism, but worse than that, as Mike Smith details in his new book, Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War, it is also a part of daily life and...
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Theater Review (NYC Off-Off-Broadway): ‘Unveiled’ Written and Performed by...
Rohina Malik in ‘Unveiled’ at the 4th Street Theatre. Photo courtesy of Voyage Theater Company In Voyage Theater Company‘s ‘Unveiled,’ Rohina Malik plumbs the depths of anti-Muslim sentiment in the...
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Alternatives to Donald Trump’s Xenophobic Approach to Radical Islam Are Sadly...
Why have terrorist acts become such shocking news items, and even one of the central topics of, political speeches? There were just 14 people killed and 22 seriously wounded at the San Bernardino...
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Book Review: ‘Magic In Islam’ by Michael Muhammad Knight
Don’t be fooled by the title of Michael Muhammad Knight’s newest book. Magic In Islam, published by Penguin/Random House, does not have him doing for magic what his first novel, The Taqwacores did for...
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Book Review: Why I Am A Five Percenter by Michael Muhammad Knight
The supposed rule of thumb for avoiding controversy in polite society is not to have conversations about politics or religion. Apparently there aren’t many people who can be rational or calm with...
View ArticleInterview: Author Michael Muhammad Knight, of Why I Am A Five Percenter
American author Michael Muhammad Knight’s has been referred to as everything from controversial to outrageous. Some have even gone so far as to call him the Hunter S. Thompson of religious writing. Why...
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Book Review: Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Being a fan of a particular genre doesn’t blind you to its flaws. So being an unabashed admirer of both science fiction and fantasy hasn’t prevented me from seeing how, aside from a few notable...
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Book Review: William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight
I had a really strange experience while reading William S Burroughs vs. The Qur’an, the latest book by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by the Counterpoint Press imprint Soft Skull Press. I was...
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Book Review: Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing by Michael...
The idea of using drugs in order to achieve some sort of spiritual enlightenment has been around for probably as long as humanity. Whether looking for answers to great mystical questions or just on a...
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Book Review: ‘Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity’ by Navid Kermani
When we think of art in terms of religion, especially Christianity, we usually think of it as a means of glorifying either the religion or the history of the religion. From the crucifixion to the...
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Book Review: Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Being a fan of a particular genre doesn’t blind you to its flaws. So being an unabashed admirer of both science fiction and fantasy hasn’t prevented me from seeing how, aside from a few notable...
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