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A One-State Solution for Israel and Why It Will Work

By Haroon Moghul

…t ideologues. But not all of them. Some settlers prefer the convenience of cheaper housing, without any apparent concern for how their desire for an affordable place to live jeopardizes the security of their country and the viability of their state. And that’s not even getting to Gaza. All this trouble, with the continued delusion that somehow it can be sustained, somehow it’ll be made to work, somehow if we just bomb them every few years, and pun…

The White Nationalist Fantasy of Ancient Christian-Muslim Conflict Would Get an ‘F’ in History Class

By Tony Keddie

…ith cities, but never of “conquest” as such. To recognize this is not to deny that the expansion of Arab rule sometimes involved violence, but rather to acknowledge that this was not always the case and that religion was not always the motivating force. As Edward Curtis IV reminds us in his piece here on RD, “Muslims were as likely to fight for and with Christian-led European militaries as they were against them.” Universals are never correct, and…

Are We Living Through World War III?

By Haroon Moghul

…t by international actors of vastly disproportionate capacity, then is it any wonder many Americans experience the rise of international terrorism as an event without material causes? To point this out is not intended to say one part of the world has greater blame than another, but to insist on the origins of the present conflict, so that we might actually end it. Various actors, from religious leaders to national politicians, invested in decision…

It’s Theology, Not Baseball: Misunderstanding Iraq’s Sectarian Conflicts

By Amyn B. Sajoo

…an disqualify terrorism as a means of combat… We are very far from having any moral qualms as far as our national war goes. We have before us the command of the Torah, whose morality surpasses that of any body of laws in the world: ‘Ye shall blot them out to the last man.” Like their secular counterpart, theologies of inclusion can play a vital part in countering anti-pluralist tendencies. We have an abundance of modern activist exemplars on this…

The Rise and Fall of an American Gang: Religion as Camouflage?

By Spencer Dew

…BI traps”? It’s also worthy of note that the “FBI trap” Jeff Fort and company fell for was purchasing an M-72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon from the wrong people—undercover feds. My hope would be that anyone who wants to buy an illegal rocket launcher falls for the “trap” of buying a disabled unit, complete with tracking device, from the feds. But The Almighty Black P Stone Nation is a book for gangbangers and gang idolizers, too. A helping of hagiograph…

S.O.S.

By Amina Wadud

…rocedure of making them and then decide they’re, like, the nastiest thing any one has ever done to an egg— what will you do? You won’t have time for another order of edible eggs, so don’t do it. Stick with the safe and sure. I admit, my kids call me OCD (overly careful about details) in terms of a clean house including kitchen, but trust me, the kitchen needs to at least be clean enough that you can find the bowl you plan to eat your cereal in, so…

The “F” Word: Feminism in Islam

By Amina Wadud

…the argument goes like this: justice and equality are my divine right and anybody, any law, any interpretation that tries to take that away from me takes away my divine right and must be challenged. The basis of that challenge is in the divine sources themselves removed from the patriarchal context of their origins, developments and even current cultural background. Islamic feminism takes responsibility for the formulation of Islam as a living rea…

Which Side Are You On?

By Daniel Schultz

…meantime, the people are doing a pretty good job of getting ready to leave Egypt all on their own, and we’re stuck wondering why it is nobody thinks we’re relevant anymore. *Harold Meyerson calls Scott Walker “the cheddarhead pharaoh.” Update: No sooner have I spoken than a religious voice weighs in – on the side of the unions. Jerome Listecki, Archbishop of the Diocese of Milwaukee, says: “this much needed call for cooperation and communication b…

Is ISIS Islamic? Is it a State?

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…ing and Andres Breivik in attacking the Oslo youth camp were regarded by many Christians as alien to their faith, even though the literature related to both McVeigh and Breivik were all about preserving Christendom from the rabble of minorities and multiculturalism. Likewise, most Jews decried the extreme anti-Arab rantings of Rabbi Meir Kahane as un-Jewish, and many Japanese proclaimed that Shoko Asahara, the Buddhist master behind the release of…

‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa Receives Threats; ‘Blood Test’ for ‘Degeneratism’: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…irred additional controversy with his plans to hold a “thanksgiving” ceremony in a church. Some people have objected, saying the service amounts to the celebration of a gay wedding in violation of an official ban on same-sex marriages by the Church of England. But the Archdeacon of Loughborough and Bishop of Leicester have supported the priest. Archdeacon David Newman told the Leicester Mercury: “This is not a gay marriage and this is not a blessi…