Category Archives: Islam

The Drums Of War (10-10-23)

01:00 Israel vs Hamas, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15299205:00 Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children died as a result of American sanctions, https://www.gicj.org/positions-opinons/gicj-positions-and-opinions/1188-razing-the-truth-about-sanctions-against-iraq10:00 What Makes A Great Pundit?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15296122:00 New Yorker: Jake Sullivan’s Trial by Combat: Inside the White House’s battle to keep Ukraine … Continue reading

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The Case For Muslim Immigration

In all the articles decrying Donald Trump’s attempts to limit Muslim immigration, I didn’t see many arguments for why America benefits from Muslim immigration. Why don’t minority groups put more effort into making the case that they benefit the majority? … Continue reading

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Islam and Religious Studies Post-9/11

Aaron W. Hughes writes in his book Theorizing Islam: “When one permits those whom one studies to define the terms in which they will be understood, suspends one’s interest in the temporal and the contingent, or fails to distinguish between … Continue reading

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When Bad Scholarship Is Just Bad Scholarship: A Response to Omid Safi

Aaron W. Hughes writes: I’ve never been called a racist before. Yet, if Omid Safi’s undocumented musings about the current state of Islamic Studies is to be believed, I am one of several non-Muslims who have the nerve to attack … Continue reading

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Book Club: The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray

From Amazon.com: The Strange Death of Europe is the internationally bestselling account of a continent and a culture caught in the act of suicide, now updated with new material taking in developments since it was first published to huge acclaim. … Continue reading

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