Reflecting on the hype about the allegedly existential threat that Shari’a law poses to American democracy, law professor Anver Emon makes a compelling distinction between how America has confronted its fear of Islamism, and how Europe has. The European response … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Islam
Religions Do Not Speak
It has become commonplace these days to present religions — particularly Islam — as entities which are possible to categorize and place in a box, whose souls are determinable, whose aims and goals can be deduced through a “careful reading” … Continue reading
Bans on the Burqa/Niqab in Italy
Samhita at Feministing notes that Italy’s Constitutional Affairs Commission has passed a draft law that would ban the wearing of face-covering veils such as the burqa and niqab in public places. Further parliamentary debate is scheduled for September. Italy would … Continue reading
Quick Hit: Stay Classy Gainesville Times
I must say, if I were the editor of a local news organization and some wingnut wrote me a letter advocating ethnic cleansing in the United States, I’d probably decline to publish said letter. The good people at the Gainesville … Continue reading
Again on Self-Awareness
I wasn’t expecting a great deal of intellectual nuance when I started to read Rupert Murdoch’s recent address to the ADL, so I wasn’t overly disappointed by the logical inconsistencies, or by his equating of criticism of Israeli policy with … Continue reading
Message to Muslims
Another gem by Kristof.
Food for Thought
As someone with a personal interest in the future of American academia, I just thought I’d point out Steve Walt’s post on Harvard’s handling of the Marty Peretz issue. It’s well worth a read. For some context, read it next … Continue reading
Peretz’s "Apology"
I was considering posting about this back when Peretz’s original post went up and started to cause controversy, but the issue was addressed pretty eloquently by several sources with far higher readership, so I thought I’d let bigoted magazine editors … Continue reading
Like Second Class Citizens
Laurie Goodstein notes in the New York Times that the controversy surrounding the “Ground Zero Mosque” has made many Muslim-Americans feel more alienated from the country in which they live. That’s not much of a surprise. The debate has expanded … Continue reading
Orrin Hatch on Cordoba House and "Islam"
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah recently gave a reasonably strong defense of the construction of the Cordoba House Muslim community center, saying that “if the Muslims own that property, that private property, and they want to build a mosque … Continue reading