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Graham’s Muslim Brotherhood Conspiracy Theory Not New

By Sarah Posner

…overnment. Right now we have many of these people that are advising the US military and State Department on how to respond in the Middle East, and it’s like asking a fox, like a farmer asking a fox, “How do I protect my henhouse from foxes?” We’ve brought in Muslims to tell us how to make policy toward Muslim countries. And many of these people we’ve brought in, I’m afraid, are under the Muslim Brotherhood. Graham was sounding a lot like Beck and…

Egyptians Approve Constitution with Establishment of Islam as State Religion

By H.A. Hellyer

…only happen if a sense of normalcy returned—which could never happen under military rule. The referendum passed. Overwhelmingly. And frankly, rather predictably—most of which has to do with the way that Egyptian society is split along class lines and geographical lines, and the failure of the “no” vote to engage beyond their comfort zone and build a coalition. Religion did play a role, though less as a spiritual imperative than as an identity poli…

Newt Gingrich’s Apocalypse

By Sarah Posner

…d have such a catastrophic effect that the “U.S. would cease to exist as a military superpower and as a modern society.” How nutty is Bartlett? Well, just as nutty as Gingrich and other Republicans. As Matt Duss reported in 2009, Gingrich warned the American Israel Public Affairs Committee of his perceived threat of an EMP based on a fictional espionage thriller. Gingrich told the AIPAC audience, “This book was inspired by a report that Congressma…

The Muslim Loyalty Oath

By Hussein Rashid

…ican popular discourse that ignores the long involvement of Muslims in the military, law-enforcement, civic engagement, and in reporting terrorist plots. The idea of dual loyalty is one that has been symptomatic of American xenophobia for generations. We have always risen to our better natures, yet the Ahmadi community thinks that all Muslims are responsible for the acts of the few. The Ahmadis may feel collective guilt, or as their National Vice-…

After Westboro: The Trouble With “Tolerance”

By Cody J. Sanders

…protecting the rights of this group to enact anti-gay protests outside of military funerals. There is no shortage of commentary in print and on the web concerning the constitutional merits of the Court’s decision and the myriad emotional reactions to Westboro’s particular brand of protest. But what do the actions of Westboro and the Supreme Court’s decision have to do with theology? Perhaps not much. Most readily dismiss Westboro as a fanatical f…

TN Conservatives: Government Butt Out… Government Butt In

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ace, and we’ve seen how this kind of government policy has worked with the military. There are plenty of problems with this. First, as someone who has been closeted at work before, it gets tiring avoiding pronouns or simply not talking about what you and your partner did over the weekend for fear of being “found out.” Also, I’ve discovered that co-workers actually respect you more when you’re open and honest about your sexual orientation, even if…

What is ‘The Square’ that Beat Mubarak?

By H.A. Hellyer

…resident had stepped down, and that Egypt was now under the authority of a military council. That same council declared shortly thereafter that they had no desire to keep power, and that they would take the pertinent steps thereafter. At so many points in the last 18 days, those in the Square could have turned to wanton violence. And it would not have been out of the ordinary—they’d been pushed so far. But despite the provocations, despite the bru…

Egyptians Queue Up to Say: On February 4, 2011, I was in Tahrir Square

By H.A. Hellyer

…messages online indicating they were crying when they heard that chant. A number of famous personalities joined the protests after Friday prayers—including, significantly, Amr Moussa (the former foreign minister of Egypt, and Secretary General of the Arab League). The Mufti of Egypt declared he would resign if a single protestor were harmed; but there was no sign today at Tahrir Square that any real violence would occur. As the Muslim protestors…

The Uneasy Coexistence of the Cairo Rumor Mill with Muslim Principle of Isnad

By H.A. Hellyer

…sion continues. As the situation unfolds in Cairo, we see that significant numbers (if not compared to their opposition) of pro-Mubarak supporters have come out onto the street. All sorts of rumors abound about them, as well as about the anti-Mubarak supporters – and it’s hard to sift through it all. There are rather more rumors about the pro-Mubarak supporters being paid to go protest, by pro-Mubarak businessmen, although similar stories abound a…

Mubarak Will Not Run for Re-Election (Updated)

By The Editors

…nt, there’s no guarantee that any of them would be supported—either by the military whose top brass he has just opened talks with, or the protesters, some of whom have, according to reports, ridiculed the Nobel Peace Prize winner. In a Telegraph article one activist blogger called ElBaradei an “opportunist,” while another tweeted, referring to his residence in Austria: “Shall we just call your mobile when we have finished the revolution for you.”…