Monthly Archives: January 2016

Marc Gafni Defends Return to Spotlight as Backlash Gathers Steam

Forward.com: Marc Gafni, a once-promising Jewish leader dogged by allegations of sexual improprieties stretching back years, has returned to the public eye as a leader of a California think tank. But his stunning re-emergence, trumpeted in a recent New York … Continue reading

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David Frum In 2003 On ‘Unpatriotic Conservatives’

It turns out that those who opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq were right and were therefore the real patriots. It’s extra weird that Frum, a Canadian, is attacking the patriotism of Americans. David Frum wrote March 25, 2003: You … Continue reading

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The secret shame of Afghanistan’s bacha bazi ‘dancing boys’ who are made to dress like little girls, then abused by paedophiles

Daily Mail: Afghanistan has long been considered one of the most religious countries in the world: a place where men and women follow Islamic doctrine carefully But behind the devout exterior, the country is hiding a dark secret – one … Continue reading

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Glenn Greenwald, Islam & Free Speech

Essay: “When Glenn Greenwald castigates the dead Charlie Hebdo cartoonists for racism,” the writer Sam Harris observed recently, “he’s not only proving that he’s a moral imbecile; he’s participating in a global war of ideas over free speech – and … Continue reading

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Original Sin: the sexual motivation of religious extremists

Essay: In late October of 2014, Iraqi News reported, as ISIS forces rampaged through Diyala province, one of their soldiers found a thirty-year-old woman resting at her home and attempted to rape her. She fought back, wresting away his gun … Continue reading

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