This article is published in the February 2011 edition of ViewPoint Magazine. Fear of Islam in the News Fear of Islam has become news. Time magazine’s cover story of August 2010 was “Is America Islamophobic?” Bobby Ghosh wrote: “… where ordinary Americans meet Islam, there is evidence...
Here is a list of false beliefs and modes of thought which make it hard for people in the West to come to terms with the challenge of Islam today. If you are deeply attached to any of these ideas or ways of thinking, you...
I am indebted to Andrew Bostom for reminding us (here, with extended commentary) of Princeton Emeritus Professor Richard Falk's eulogy to the Ayatollah Khomeini, published in the New York Times, February 16, 1979, of which excerpts are re-posted below. Such sentiments seem entirely consistent with the...
While waves of unrest sweep the Middle East in response to dire conditions which include soaring wheat prices and failed economies, and the yoke of authoritarian rule, the question is: what will remain if and when things settle down? In this post I would like to...
In the Toronto Star of Friday January 21, an article was published with the headline 'Pakistani Christians seek safety in Islam'. It described a steady stream of Christians who are converting to Islam in Pakistan in order to ensure their safety and the safety of...
VIDEO AND AUDIO FOR THIS EVENT CAN BE ACCESSED HERE The Organization of the Islamic Conference: Fatwas on Freedom and Democracy January 19, 2011, 12:30 - 2:00 - Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters The Organization of the Islamic Conference: Fatwas on Freedom and Democracy Wednesday, January 19 12:30 - 2:00 PM The...
The massacre of Christians at Our Lady of Salvation Cathedral in Baghdad on October 31 2010 gained extensive world-wide media attention. This Assyrian Catholic church was taken over by jihadis, and during the course of the several hours during which they controlled the church, the...
I write to express my profound sorrow beyond words, and to extend condolences to the families and friends of the 22 martyrs killed and to the over 90 people who were wounded in the bomb attack on Al-Qiddisin (The Saints) church in Alexandria on New...