@EbrahimMoosa
- My comment in some proposed mosques face obstacles across the nation on.freep.com/Jq9IRy via @freep 1 day ago
- Doha at night looks impressive. Many more buildings and roads since I was here in 2007. So much change in 5 years? 2 days ago
- Arrived in Qatar in 32 degrees at night. Look forward to the scorcher in the morning 2 days ago
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Wanted Women — The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui — By Deborah Scroggins — Book Review – NYTimes.com
Wanted Women — The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui — By Deborah Scroggins — Book Review – NYTimes.com.
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Duke Faculty ‘Live Tweet’ Obama’s State of the Union Speech | Duke Today
Duke Faculty ‘Live Tweet’ Obama’s State of the Union Speech | Duke Today.
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visit to South Africa
This time of the year Cape Town this time of the year, summer, is the most gorgeous places in the world. Not only is it the city of my birth, but all my family resides here. This morning the Sunrise … Continue reading
Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figure deaths
Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figure deaths.
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The American Academy of Religion
At the American Academy of Religion for the annual meeting held in San Francisco, 2011. It is a great meeting. I have a super busy schedule for this conference. Will report and update later.
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Insight for Occupy Around the World
It struck me that the West Indian historian, C L R James’ analysis of history reveals extraordinary insight. He wrote: “The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression. For the one … Continue reading
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Chicago by Alaa al-Aswany
Coleridge long ago said poets were humankind’s unacknowledged legislators. But if you care to read further you might agree with me that novelists too could enjoy this privileged position. Recently, I cited the Egyptian novelist, Alaa al-Aswany in an article … Continue reading
Aesthetics and Transcendence in the Arab Uprisings
Recently I published a piece in Middle East Law and Governance 3 (2011) 171–180 Aesthetics and Transcendence in the Arab Uprisings
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Hizbullah’s part in Gaddafi’s downfall
Hizbullah’s part in Gaddafi’s downfall.
Extra-Judicial Executions of America’s Enemies
The Obama administration seems to have signed off on the execution of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who fled to Yemen from where he mobilized terrorists in order to attack America. A few months ago, Osama bin Laden, arch-terrorist master-mind … Continue reading
