Turkey and Egypt: Islam’s Future?
If Egypt’s democracy takes hold it will, along with Turkey, help elbow out the Islamist movements we’re used to hearing about.
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The Folly of Arab-West (Elite-Elite) Dialogue
Last week’s Arab League meetings among like-minded Western and Arab elites highlighted the need for projects like “Tahrir Squared”
Read MoreSquaring Tahrir Square
What began as a negative movement to topple a dictator is transforming into a positive call.
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Updated with Audio: Secular Good, Muslim Bad: Unveiling Tunisia’s Revolution
The assumption that Arab states that aren’t democratic are oppressive Islamist states lazily equates the public practice of Islam with all things undemocratic.
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5 Reasons the Muslim Brotherhood Won’t Turn On Israel
Imagine a cabinet meeting in which a Brotherhood minister suggests negating the peace treaty and risking $1.3 billion in US aid.
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Democratic Egypt Tests a Divided Israel
Most of us are watching the unfolding events in Egypt with awe and anticipation hoping its citizens will nonviolently supplant a repressive and dictatorial regime with a democracy. Those of us who have physical or emotional ties to Israel see a more complicated picture. Israel is watching the…
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Islam in Conflict with Democracy? A Response to Stanley Fish
A week before an election that saw Oklahoma pass Measure 755, forbidding the use of international and Shari’ah law in state courts, Literary theorist and New York Times contributor Stanley Fish penned a piece for the Times.
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He’s growing up, but still has a way to go before he treats religion like an adult.
Read MoreFederal Panel Upholds DC Gay Marriage
Note to religious right: we live in a republic, not a democracy.
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City of God: Christian Citizenship in Postwar Guatemala City
In his new book, Kevin O’Neill describes the ways in which Christianity and citizenship, generally considered to be distinct, are melding in Guatemala.
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