
Orlando Massacre and ISIS: The Illusion of Power
Omar Mateen’s vicious assault on a Saturday night crowd in an Orlando gay bar either had…
Read MoreOmar Mateen’s vicious assault on a Saturday night crowd in an Orlando gay bar either had…
Read MoreDear Director Comey & Secretary Johnson: Director Comey, I sympathize with the frustration you expressed…
Read MoreAs a former (veteran, even) employee of Twitter, I am used to people expressing shock and…
Read MoreWhen I started reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Heretic: Why Islam Needs A Reformation Now, I kept…
Read MoreMurder often functions as a cultural Rorschach test: the narratives we tell about why people…
Read MoreWhat is it about rage that pervades so much thinking about Islam? Start by picking up the latest issues of Time and Newsweek—America’s airport reading—and talking to Google.
Read MoreThe inverse of the argument that Islam ‘causes’ terrorism is the idea that Islam could solve the problem. Either way, it’s undue focus on the religion.
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Read MorePresident Obama averages 30 death threats per day, preachers pray publicly for his death, and right-wing pundits speak openly of military coups. Dave Neiwert, author of The Eliminationists, gives some insight into the relationship between extreme rhetoric and acts of violence.
Read MoreAfter a recent statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri on the role of women in Al-Qaeda, that supports single-dimensional notions of extremist Muslims, extremist women talk back…
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