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RD News Round-Up—September 22, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…enerable publisher of books for the culture wars.” Since the advent of the Iraq War, Regnery has added defense of the Bush administration, promotion of the war on terror and Islam: [This year] Regnery published two books that fanned fears of Islam and justified the U.S. invasion of Iraq and war on terror using the clash of civilizations language of Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington: Mark Steyn’s America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It,…

A Palin Pastor Primer

By Esther Kaplan

…invisible enemy. There has always been an invisible enemy. What you see in Iraq, basically, is a manifestation of what’s going on in this unseen world called the spirit world.” On Palin’s election as governor: This was the result of a “prophetic call” by another pastor at the church, who prayed for her to win. “[He made] a prophetic declaration and there unfolds the kingdom of God, you know.” From 2002 on: Wasilla Bible Church, Pastor Larry Kroon…

Election Day: Hope, Heartbreak, Naiveté, and Studs Terkel

By The Editors

…the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi grew up before becoming head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Shame works there. Recently my friend was in a taxicab, and the driver began propositioning her in a most disrespectful way. “Haram,” she said—”shame on you,” with deep overtones in the purity laws of Islam—and the driver suddenly jolted about and apologized profusely. She demanded to be let out of the cab and he refused payment. A simple and obvious thing to do for a…

Israel Under Bush: The Islamophobia Years

By Joel Schalit

…servative nexus in the United States best manifested itself was not in its promotion of the invasion of Iraq, but in its abuse of the role that Israel plays in American politics. Why did the figure of Israel have to play such a negative role? Though the demonization of Rashid Khalidi made anti-Palestinian agitation explicitly a part of the election, it was not hard to ascertain that by Islamizing Obama, the intent to drive Jews into the Republican…

Found in Translation: How a Thirteenth-Century Islamic Poet Conquered America

By Ryann Croken

…in Afghanistan, the birthplace of Rumi. We’re fighting a war, of sorts, in Iraq, the birthplace of Sufism. We have been for some time now teetering on the brink of disaster with Iran, formerly known as Persia, and amid all of this, who rises to become America’s most beloved poet? Walt Whitman? Robert Frost? No, a Persian Sufi whirling dervish from Afghanistan who preached of unconditional compassion and sang of the glories of abandoning oneself en…

Worse Than Madoff: Amway Launches Domestic Revival

By Bill Berkowitz

…powerful mercenary army, and the largest contractor providing security in Iraq. That company too is currently up to its neck in Iraq-related legal problems. Blackwater was founded by former Navy SEAL Erik Prince, the son of Edgar Prince, a wealthy Michigan auto-parts supplier. The elder Prince is described by Jeremy Scahill, in his bestselling book Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, as a “radical right-wing Christia…

Racing Toward Armageddon: The Three Great Religions and the Plot to End the World: An Excerpt

By Michael J. Baigent

…source of all evil and is ultimately overthrown; Babylon, of course, is in Iraq, which has presently fallen to U.S. forces and their allies. To Christian fundamentalists, the connection, and the importance, is obvious. But the Christian fundamentalists are not the only ones to believe in a final battle. Muslims, too, with increasing urgency speak about the coming of their messiah, the Mahdi, who—with the aid of Jesus—will fight against the demonic…

Post-Election, “Is The Black Church Dead?” Redux

By Anthea Butler

…since Reconstruction. (He beat out Strom Thurmond’s son in the primaries.) Iraq war veteran Allen West will be headed to Congress from Florida, despite having been fined for improperly firing his weapon to force information from a detainee while serving in Iraq, and for his connections to a criminal motorcycle club. West’s acceptance speech was peppered with Scripture, telling the crowd “You are the salt of the earth, you are the light of the worl…

Making ‘The Link’: AIPAC’s New Crises

By Matthew Duss

…llars in aid the United States delivers to Israel every year. In 2006, the Iraq Study Group was excoriated by many on the pro-Israel right for making the linkage argument,stating in its final report (pdf): “The United States cannot achieve its goals in the Middle East unless it deals directly with the Arab-Israeli conflict and regional instability.” The Bush administration largely ignored the ISG’s recommendations and decided instead to undertake…

Everyone Should Know The Story Of Alyssa Peterson

By Joanna Brooks

…menting torture. She was officially reprimanded for showing “empathy” to Iraqi detainees and reassigned to another unit. Days later, she shot herself with her service rifle. Every Mormon should know the story of Alyssa Peterson because her story affirms that our tradition has the power to inspire its members to “dare to be different,” as the familiar Mormon slogan goes: to hold to our principles even when it is difficult or unpopular. And…