Religion Dispatches
There are other senses in which the Muslim world, by and large, has not ‘excelled,’ and for that perhaps we should be grateful, not caustic. For you cannot claim the planet and eat it too. Nothing the Muslim world has accomplished can possibly compare to the harm done by Western technologies and modes of consumption.
Read MoreA barrage of articles on the Middle East have only made it more confusing. Here are two that actually help.
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Where Bush offered shock and awe, Obama offers the hem and haw. War, but not a serious one; aid, but of the “non-lethal kind”; a desire to draw red lines, but a tendency to hope nobody notices them.
Read MoreWhen all you have left is a drone, every problem looks like collateral damage.
Read MoreIt’s all about who you follow.
Read MoreSo what should we do now? Nothing.
Read MoreAnd the jihadists are watching with glee…
Read MoreJust when you thought Syria couldn’t get more confusing…
Read MoreWorsening situation of Burma’s Muslims is instructive.
Read MoreThe Times columnist and Saudi Arabia have at least this in common: They like to deny women agency.
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