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- 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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Category Archives: Foreign Policy
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.
Posted in Ethics, Foreign Policy, Islam in America, literature, US Politics
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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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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
Posted in Ethics, Foreign Policy, literature, Uncategorized
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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
Beirut visit in April 2011
Perhaps a politics of love might find a way to heal the suffering of the past under dictatorships. Continue reading
Middle East Spring of Discontent: Libya
The Spring of Discontent surges forward in the Middle East—with Libya and Bahrain showing strong symptoms of public anger and discontent against their rulers. In Tripoli, the Libyan capital, mercenaries that Libya’s dictator, Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi had cultivated over the years … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Foreign Policy, Ghadafi; Qaddafi, Middle East, middle east, US Politics
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TV interview on crisis in Egypt & Islam and Democracy
My interview with WRAL on the Egypt Crisis My interview at Duke University on Islam and Democracy
Demagoguery in the Name of the Prophet: Pakistan’s Paradoxes and Paranoia
Even more sickening than the assassination was to see Pakistani lawyers showering the killer with rose petals when he appeared in court. These were the same lawyers who were fighting for democracy and liberty a few years ago but today they are aiding and abetting murder in the name of the Prophet!…Centuries ago, the great Ibn Arabi, a great admirer of the Prophet and a frequent visitor to the holy shrine in Mecca, the Ka`ba, wrote in a poem: “How can the holy status of the Ka`ba ever be compared to the greater value of a human being.” Continue reading
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