Religion Dispatches
A new work advancing a radical theory of the motivation behind suicide bombers is almost bizarrely off the mark. Stitching together thought and observation from disparate and often dissonant sources, Georgetown theology professor Ariel Glucklich’s book would be laughable were he not a consultant to the defense community.
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From Left to Right, observers were quick to equate the Mumbai attacks to 9/11. But in doing so, the Left has tied itself in conceptual knots, for only consistency in the condemnation of religious violence can make for a sustainable response to the Right’s demonization of Islam.
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A scholar of nonviolence shares his struggle with Jewish identity during a time of escalating conflict and violence in Israel.
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Are the deaths of “our” people more important to us? What were two Brooklyn Jews doing in India anyway? Our columnist reflects on the selective sympathies of Westerners—of Jews in particular—upon hearing the news of the murder of an Orthodox rabbi and his wife during this Indian national tragedy.
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As long as the world community chooses to focus primarily on military options, these attacks will continue. But there are other options if we are willing to talk.
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Though many have already sought to draw comparisons between Mumbai and 9/11, the most striking thing about the horrific attacks in Mumbai is the local sense of place that that the terrorists tried to destroy.
Read MoreIt is not terrorism which should occupy our attention, so much as the dangerous proliferation of new and indiscriminate weapons…
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…
Read MoreArab is the new German; in this long, long war suspicion is raised against Arab-Americans when Muslims are profiled as potential terrorists…
Read MoreFour young Muslims attempted to bomb a New York Synagogue committed to interfaith work. A Muslim and a Rabbi point to the bad theology behind terrorism and the path forward.
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