Raymond Ibrahim

The Allawi Dance

The Iraqi minister’s new book quivers and vacillate on Islamic culture. by Raymond Ibrahim Middle East Quarterly A review of The Crisis of Islamic Civilization by Ali A. Allawi (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009. 304 pp.). Share This

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Ground Zero Mosque

Why it is counterproductive to the Islamist cause. by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media While vexing to many, the mega mosque set to be built two blocks from Ground Zero has produced one interesting but unintended consequence: like the 9/11 strikes a decade before it, the “9/11 mosque” is also creating a stir, is making people think and

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Liberalism and Islam?

Top Muslim cleric Qaradawi urges western Muslims to ‘liberalize’ outwardly, anyway. by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media A recent episode of the popular Arabic show al-Sharia wa al-Haya (Law and Life), which airs weekly on Al Jazeera and features renowned Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, addressed the important yet little known Muslim concept of taysir (pronounced “tey-seer”). Share This

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What Did You Say About Muhammad?

by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Which is more likely to elicit an irate Muslim response: 1) public cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, or 2) public proclamations that Muhammad was a bisexual, sometime transvestite and necrophile, who enjoyed sucking on the tongues of children, commanded a woman to “breastfeed” an adult man, and advised believers

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Democracy at Risk

by Raymond Ibrahim American Thinker A review of The War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy by Dr. Walid Phares (Macmillen, 2007, pp. 288) first appeared inThe America Thinker under the book’s title. Share This

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