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Richard Land Steps Down, But Not Out of the Culture Wars

By Aaron Weaver

…offering a moral justification for a preemptive US military strike against Iraq. Land even went on a media tour to defend Bush’s war policy. In 2004, Land set out to secure a second term for President Bush and launched an “I Vote Values” campaign that urged Christians to vote “biblically.” Andrew Hogue of Baylor University has written that during the 2004 reelection campaign Land became the “unofficial spokesperson for the president o…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Lurid Picture of Nigeria’s Muslims in Newsweek

By Patrick J. Ryan, S.J.

…rvival of Christian minorities in Muslim-majority countries like Pakistan, Iraq, and Egypt over recent months and years, but not every part of the world where Muslims and Christians live together is the same. I have lived in West Africa for nearly three decades and in Nigeria for eleven of those years. Hirsi Ali, who has no particular expertise on Nigeria, has painted too lurid a picture of the current Christian-Muslim tensions in that vast…

Kindred Hatemongers: Why American Islamophobes and Muslim Protesters Need Each Other

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…d may have been the one who arranged for a translation into Arabic and the promotion of the video in Cairo. In Egypt and throughout the Muslim world, the filmmakers finally received the negative publicity and public protests that they’d sought all along. But although many Muslims were offended by the tawdry mocking of their Prophet in the film, the violent responses came from those very specific groups which had a more targeted political agenda an…

From Confusion to Kardashian: Misreading the Middle East

By Haroon Moghul

…rivilege. The best example might be Walt’s. What was the point of the 2003 Iraq War? What did we hope to accomplish? How did we make so many mistakes? It’s a tenacious fatuousness that can tie it to some kind of conspiratorial project. Now walk “confusionism” over to the Arab and Muslim worlds. Those who shaped our narratives of the Middle East—our intellectual elites, commentators and columnists—failed to grasp the consequences of the Arab Sprin…

Rage or Courage?: YouTube Terrorism Take Two

By Bruce B. Lawrence

…, marked not only by world dominance but also by local occupying forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. A visual counterpoint to this perspective has been provided by Al-Jazeera English in a documentary first aired in late 2011 and repeatedly since. The 9/11 Decade tells the inside story of the 21st century’s most significant conflict in three one-hour episodes: “The Intelligence War,” “The Image War,” and “The Clash of Civilizations?” which strives to m…

Forget the Pope—We Need a New Caliph!

By Haroon Moghul

…tarian divides that continue to harm Sunni-Shia communities in places like Iraq, Pakistan, and Lebanon. The Bad: In a perfect world, Ahmedinejad would be an unpopular stand-up comedian. Yet, sadly, he was serious when he claimed there are no gays in Iran. He is also less-than-friendly to Israel (to put it mildly), and persists with belligerent rhetoric that has alienated him from a majority of countries, and also the country he rules. His regime h…

Forget History Channel’s The Bible, Meet Omar

By Haroon Moghul

…er Omar, the first Muslim polity expanded into Jerusalem, Damascus, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and Central Asia. (Muhammad died in 632; Omar was Caliph from 634-644.) That’s some good television. It’s also surprisingly nuanced, considering what I grew up learning in Sunday School. Omar is one of the so-called “musalsilat,” series that are produced specifically for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Every night, after a) drinking, like Bosnians allegedly d…

Combat Soldiers & Clergywomen: Problematic Equality

By Mary E. Hunt

…has been until now. More than 20,000 women have served in Afghanistan and Iraq; many of them have been injured, and more than a hundred killed. What constitutes combat is not altogether clear so it is harder to draw lines. The use of drones complicates things even further. Does someone who “pilots” one from afar and goes home to her/his family at night qualify as combat-seasoned? Gender has increasingly less to do with anything as long as the sol…

Five Women President Obama Should Invite to Give the Inaugural Benediction

By Joanna Brooks

…lic gesture would inspire? A few ideas: Captain Pratima Dharm: A decorated Iraq veteran, Dharm is the first Hindu chaplain appointed by the US Army. Rabbi Sharon Braus: Braus is founder of the progressive non-denominational IKAR Jewish community in Los Angeles and a respected Jewish voice on matters of social justice and spiritual revitalization. Sanaa Nadim: Nadim (pictured above in official White House photo) is one of the first Muslim chaplains…

Which Islamists?: Religion and the Syrian Civil War

By Haroon Moghul

…on, the demographics make sectarian “war” in Syria a challenge. This isn’t Iraq or Lebanon where you have fairly sizable populations of different groups. Syria is overwhelmingly Sunni (roughly 75%) and Assad needs them in order to hold power. No Sunnis, no Assad regime. That said, the longer the revolution goes on, the more sectarian “conflict” will increase as people align with their ethnic or religious kin. There’s no doubt that anti-Shi’a senti…