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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Why is the Muslim Brotherhood Obsessed with Jerusalem?

The following is a good summing-up of some basic facts, in the light of which the Islamic claim for its ‘rightful’ ownership of Jerusalem is shown to be absurd, both on religious and historical grounds. Unfortunately, there are many misguided politicians in the West who continue to support that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

More Reflections on the Middle East…Part VII

About Egypt: By now anyone who has an eye on the news will know that the Islamist candidate, Mr. Mohamed Morsi, has won the election for the Egyptian Presidency, which is a bad thing. You will also have heard that the Egyptian Military Council, after a ruling by the Egypt’s Supreme Court has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 11, 2012

More Reflections on the Middle East…Part VI

For today I shall refrain from regaling you with ‘background’ which, though important, seems to make everyone uncomfortable. But at some point I shall have to get back to it, because the ascendancy of Islam cannot be understood properly without examining the decline of the West, uncomfortable though... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Strange Visitors at the White House…

If you want to find out what’s going on in the Middle East, you have to read the Jerusalem Post. Now it appears that you’ll have to read the JP even if you want to find out what’s going on at the White House. Now, I had never heard of this Mr. Duss before, the main object of this piece. That in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Sunnah Trumps Courts?

For a change of pace, away from all that tricky and uncomfortable stuff I’ve been unloading on you, something closer to home… What the hell is the Sunna(h), with or without the ‘h’? Funny you should ask… In the most general sense it’s the Arabic word for ‘the path’ or ‘the way’, and specifically... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

More Reflections on the Middle East…Part V

As has been the case frequently this last little while, I shall begin with responding to a comment. It’s a comment that is of particular interest to me because it touches on a fundamental problem, so I shall spend a little time with it. Today it’s our Kabu who writes: ‘I don't think that I totally... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

More Reflections on the Middle East…Part IV

It is not clear what precipitated the very first determined Arab incursions into the Levant and North Africa. But it is clear that ultimately they were driven by their recognition that East Rome ( Byzantium ) had lost its strength as much as by the zeal and discipline generated by their newly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 4, 2012

More Reflections on the Middle East…Part III

It hadn’t occurred to me that I would make people uncomfortable when, in the first post of what may well become another series, I spoke of the superiority of Western civilization over the Arab one. Of course, I should have known better… But first, let me repeat: Western civilization is superior to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

More Reflections on the Middle East…Part II

As I have done on a few occasions of late, I shall begin by responding to a few comments. Of course, I would never get anywhere if I responded to all of them, so I shall just pick three. First there is TAPS, who writes: With this post you have convinced me of several things about which I have been a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

More Reflections on the Middle East…Part I

Future historians may well come up with many more reasons for the assertiveness of Arab nationalism over the last few decades. But I have no doubt that among them will be some of the same that drove Arabs to invade large parts of Africa, Europe and Asia in a short span of time thirteen hundred years... Sign in to see full entry.

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