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Of Islam and Inventions

THE story of aviation often begins with Leonardo da Vinci’s designs for flying machines, which would later inspire the Wright brothers and their famous sustained flight at Kitty Hawk in

Islam’s message of tolerance

I am often invited by religious authorities in the Persian Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia to attend meetings that are held to urge people to follow Islamic faith and law,

“Do We Hate America?” The Arab World Responds.

It was no surprise that in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks questions regarding the U.S.-Arab relationship abruptly surfaced, most notably with the ubiquitous question, “Why do

A Response to Western Views of Islamist Movements

The events of Sept. 11, 2001, made Islam a domestic concern in the West. After having viewed it as only a foreign, religious source of agitation, the West now views

Fight Less, Win More

On a highway north of Kabul last month, an American soldier aimed a machine gun at my car from the turret of his armored Humvee. In the split second for

Not so fast, Christian soldiers

Maybe what the war in Iraq needs is not more troops but more religion. At least that’s the message the Department of Defense seems to be sending.

Why America is losing to al-Qaida

The intelligence community’s report in July that al-Qaida has "regenerated key elements of its homeland attack capability" confirms that our six-year effort to undermine the radical Islamist movement that fuels

A Plight in Tunisia

Franz Kafka could hardly have devised a more absurd fate for one of his protagonists: In early 2005,

As Democracy Push Falters, Bush Feels Like a ’Dissident’

By the time he arrived in Prague in June for a democracy conference, President Bush was frustrated. He had committed his presidency to working toward the goal of "ending tyranny

Ammar Qurabi to Thursday’s Al-Shater 10th Military Session

Dr. Ammar Qurabi is expected to attend on Tuesday, Sep, 4th, 2007, as an observer the tenth session of the Military Tribunal trying 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader topped by