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The Enemy Has a Name

Prepare to attack [Iran]

Obama vs. McCain on the Middle East

Is Turkey’s Government Starting a Muslim Reformation?

Israel’s Predicament at 60: World’s worst neighbourhood

Destroying Sculptures of Muhammad

Destroying Sculptures of Muhammad

Resisting Islamic Law

Westerners opposed to the application of the Islamic law (the Shari‘a) watch with dismay as it goes from strength to strength in their countries – harems increasingly accepted, a church leader endorsing Islamic law, a judge referring to the Koran, clandestine Muslim courts meting out justice. What can be done to stop the progress of this medieval legal system so deeply at odds with modern life, one that oppresses women and turns non-Muslims into second-class citizens?

Winston Churchill Compares “Mein Kampf” to the Koran

Britain’s Encounter with Islamic Law

Beneath the deceptively placid surface of everyday life, the British population is engaged in a momentous encounter with Islam. Three developments of the past week, each of them culminating years’ long trends – and not just some odd occurrence – exemplify changes now underway. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith describes terrorism as “anti-Islamic.” First, the UK government has decided that terrorism by Muslims in the name of Islam is actually unrelated to Islam, or is even anti-Islamic.

How to Turn Gaza Over to Egypt

“Listen to me carefully,” President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt instructed an interviewer on Jan. 30. “Gaza is not part of Egypt, nor will it ever be …. I hear talk of a proposal to turn the Strip into an extension of the Sinai peninsula, of offloading responsibility for it onto Egypt” but Mubarak dismissed this as “nothing but a dream.” Egyptian security seals the border wall in Rafah on Feb. 3, 2008, with metal spikes. (AP Photo / Adel Hana) Hardly a dream.

How to Turn Gaza Over to Egypt

“Listen to me carefully,” President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt instructed an interviewer on Jan. 30. “Gaza is not part of Egypt, nor will it ever be …. I hear talk of a proposal to turn the Strip into an extension of the Sinai peninsula, of offloading responsibility for it onto Egypt” but Mubarak dismissed this as “nothing but a dream.” Egyptian security seals the border wall in Rafah on Feb. 3, 2008, with metal spikes. (AP Photo / Adel Hana) Hardly a dream.

Give Gaza to Egypt

Startling developments in Gaza highlight the need for a change in Western policy toward this troubled territory of 1.3 million persons. Gaza’s contemporary history began in 1948, when Egyptian forces overran the British-controlled area and Cairo sponsored the nominal “All-Palestine Government” while de facto ruling the territory as a protectorate.

The Middle East’s Tribal Affliction

Why is the Middle East so at odds with modern life, laggard in everything from literacy to standard of living, from military prowess to political development? Philip Carl Salzman’s “Culture and Conflict in the Middle East,” from Prometheus Books. A profound new book by Philip Carl Salzman, professor at McGill University, with the deceptively plain title Culture and Conflict in the Middle East (Prometheus), offers a bold and original interpretation of Middle Eastern problems.

Bush’s Middle East Hopes

[JP title: "Middle East report card"] George W. Bush’s policies toward the Middle East and Islam will loom large when historians judge his presidency. On the occasion of his concluding his 8-day, 6-country trip to the Middle East and entering his final year in office, I offer some provisional assessments. His hallmark has been a readiness to break with long-established bipartisan positions and adopt stunningly new policies, and by late 2005 he had laid out his novel approach in four major areas.

Bush’s Middle East Hopes

[JP title: "Middle East report card"] George W. Bush’s policies toward the Middle East and Islam will loom large when historians judge his presidency. On the occasion of his concluding his 8-day, 6-country trip to the Middle East and entering his final year in office, I offer some provisional assessments. His hallmark has been a readiness to break with long-established bipartisan positions and adopt stunningly new policies, and by late 2005 he had laid out his novel approach in four major areas.

Bush Promotes a Palestinian “Right of Return”

[FPM title differs slightly] The Palestinian “right of return” entered the lexicon of American policymakers in December 2006, when the Iraq Study Group Report urged the U.S. government to support Israel-Palestinian negotiations that addresses what it termed a “key final status issue.” That recommendation came as a mild shock, given that the “right of return”

Bush Promotes a Palestinian “Right of Return”

[FPM title differs slightly] The Palestinian “right of return” entered the lexicon of American policymakers in December 2006, when the Iraq Study Group Report urged the U.S. government to support Israel-Palestinian negotiations that addresses what it termed a “key final status issue.” That recommendation came as a mild shock, given that the “right of return”

Fascism’s Legacy: Liberalism

Liberal fascism sounds like an oxymoron – or a term for conservatives to insult liberals. Actually, it was coined by a socialist writer, none other than the respected and influential left-winger H.G. Wells, who in 1931 called on fellow progressives to become “liberal fascists” and “enlightened Nazis.” Really. His words, indeed, fit a much larger pattern of fusing socialism with fascism:

Fascism’s Legacy: Liberalism

Liberal fascism sounds like an oxymoron – or a term for conservatives to insult liberals. Actually, it was coined by a socialist writer, none other than the respected and influential left-winger H.G. Wells, who in 1931 called on fellow progressives to become “liberal fascists” and “enlightened Nazis.” Really. His words, indeed, fit a much larger pattern of fusing socialism with fascism: