February 08, 2007
Fadlallah speaks to the Sunnis
This post on Abu Aardvark yesterday is definitely worth reading. It's his live-blogged account of a discussion on Al-Jazeera yesterday between program host Ahmed Mansour and Lebanon's highest Shiite religious...
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January 04, 2007
About that Jefferson Koran
Yes, "Virgil," it's true: There is a Jefferson Koran. When and why? In the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library rests the original Virginia Gazette Daybook...
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November 25, 2006
Women's activism in Hizbullah and Hamas
The latest issue of ISIM Review has two very interesting articles that start to probe the role of women within, respectively, Hizbullah and Hamas. Big appreciation to ISIM, the Netherlands-based...
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September 13, 2006
Patrick Lang: "The Best Defense..."
On 9/11, the Miller Center at the University of Virginia featured a talk by Colonel Patrick Lang - who returned here by reputation as a voice of reason, experience, "independence,"...
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December 04, 2004
Islam and Democracy discussion
On Thursday, I was honored to participate in a long round-table discussion on "Religion and Democracy" that was co-sponsored by Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, Iran and the center for the...
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