Opinion

Saudi Blogger’s Flogging Should Outrage U.S.

Where are some Muslims getting the idea that violence against journalists who offend them is OK? Why do they see beheadings as a fitting...

Obama: Charlie who?

Again? Already? Had not 4 million marchers and 44 foreign leaders just turned out on the streets of France to declare “No” to intimidation,...

President El-Sisi’s Visit to the Cathedral: From Symbol to Reality

I was not surprised by the warm welcome given the president by worshippers and guests. I whispered to a friend sitting next to me...

Middle East Turns Back Clock as Remnants of Old Regimes Rise Again

For decades, the bleak choice in the region was between dictators such as Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and the Islamist militancy that they always invoked...

The Blasphemy Brigade

On Sunday, as millions marched in France to honor those killed following last week’s terrorist atrocity on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the Saudi...

Muslims Shouldn’t Pray to Defeat Non-Muslims

One of the reasons I avoid attending Friday congregations at mosques is a specific ritual supplication uttered by Imams at many mosques in Canada...

Egypt’s Sisi Urges Religious Moderation, but No Space for ‘Offensive’ Publications

President Abdel Fattah al Sisi issued a decree Tuesday that allows his government to ban any foreign publications it deems offensive to religion –...

Western Sleepwalkers and the Paris Massacre

In the absence of clear thinking and recognition of fact, responses to this latest example of Muslim violence reflect ideological fever dreams. “Nothing to...

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