Global Intifada

As the global economy undergoes perhaps the greatest market correction in modern history, rising prices will only increase political instability. As American power recedes due its own economic woes and its inability to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, its grip on the international system will recede. It will increasingly be forced to pack up its […]

Unfortunately, the talk of a return to the Cold War has become quite frequent among political analysts these days due to American and Russian competition in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. The term is misleading because, unlike the Cold War which was essentially characterized by the bipolar nature of international relations, the present conflict is […]

Excellent article by Shajahan Madampat at Khaleej Times Online here.
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Random House publishers canceled the August 12th release of a steamy novel about the youngest bride of the Prophet (sallahu alayhi wa sallam) by debut novelist Sherry Jones. (BBC) Some have described the book as being “softcore pornography.” The novel was supported by the likes of Asra Nomani who argued that such an “intelligent discourse” […]

Here’s a rough draft of something I’ve been working on. Its incomplete and I have to go back and insert further evidence and proper citation and what not.
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Introduction: Three Weak Theories of American State Action
There are three conventional methodologies of attempting to understand how America behaves as a state: (1) to examine and take […]

New link to the blogroll. One of the best blogs that reveals the hegemonic discourse on Islam:
kashmiri-nomad.blogspot.com/
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Introduction
Part I: The Conquest(s) of Constantinople
Part II: Ten Facts About Palestine You Won’t Hear About
Part III: Islam and Empire
Conclusion
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        Robert Spencer has recently posted an article on Jihad Watch entitled “The Nakba, May 29, 1453” with a witty little picture that says “Free Constantinople: 500 Years of Occupation is Enough.” His underlying argument is that the Arab use of the term “Nakba” [Translation: Catastrophe] to describe the founding of Israel should be […]

            Unsurprisingly, Spencer has left out a lot of information regarding the fall of Constantinople which results in an absolutely skewed picture of the underlying causes of its collapse. The biggest omission is that its entirely question whether Constantinople was a Byzantine city to begin with – after all, the city itself was built upon […]

 
Robert Spencer attempts to portray himself as an objective academic attempting to expose the “true” nature of Islam. However, a person truly concerned with objectivity and justice would condemn all injustices, and not single out a particular group of people or religion solely for criticism. In fact, if one scrutinizes any of Spencer’s many projects […]