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At the time of the successful military coup against the Morsi
At the time of the successful military coup against the Morsi government (July 2013), many secularists showed themselves to be remarkably stupid and n...

Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has just recently claimed that
Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has just recently claimed that the world is on the brink of another Cold War. This topic keeps resurfacing, with th...

These are the types of discussions about Islam that we need to
These are the types of discussions about Islam that we need to have more of. Fareed Zakaria and Sam Harris are both intellectual giants. Zakaria, who ...

A common image of Russia which I grew up with in the 1990s was
A common image of Russia which I grew up with in the 1990s was corrupt and incompetent bureaucrats and a stagnant economy. In fact, the Russian econom...

Just yesterday, I was passing the war memorial in Ottawa, Canada
Just yesterday, I was passing the war memorial in Ottawa, Canada on my way back from the Art Gallery. Today this war memorial became the setting for a...

The leader of the Quilliam foundation, Maajid Nawaz, may not be
The leader of the Quilliam foundation, Maajid Nawaz, may not be perfect, but I sure like some of his ideas. For example, this particular idea about ba...

Growing up in Canada, I frequently assumed that Muslim women wear
Growing up in Canada, I frequently assumed that Muslim women wear the hijab or the abaya (or headscarf). The reason for this, quite simply, was that I...

I think this article pretty much says it all. ISIS leader Abu Bakr
I think this article pretty much says it all. ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been declared caliph and leader for Muslims everywhere. Notice that...

Should economic development -- in this case the Rogun dam in
Should economic development -- in this case the Rogun dam in Tajikistan financed by the World Bank -- come at the cost of potentially displacing 42,00...