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Top 25 iComment Original Commentaries, plus Top Videos for 2012-2013 Academic Year
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary, on MAY 21, 2013: Thank you for continuing to support our Transcultural Islam Project and ISLAMiCommentary. We launched this website last October, shortly following the beginning of Duke University’s 2012-2013 academic year. You can find all 86 (so far) of this site’s “iComment” original commentaries here, but below are [...]
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Adeel Malik and Bassem Awadallah: An Arab Marshall Plan
by ADEEL MALIK and BASSEM AWADALLAH for PROJECT SYNDICATE on MAY 8, 2013: OXFORD – The wave of revolts that swept across the Arab world two years ago were fueled by demands for freedom, bread, and social justice. But, although the revolutions toppled dictators and transformed societies, these core objectives remain as distant as ever. [...]
Bruce Jentleson: Iraq, Afghanistan Can Serve as Lessons for Syria
by BRUCE JENTLESON for DEUTSCHE WELLE on MAY 16, 2013: Worse than not learning from history, is drawing the wrong lessons. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars carry lessons for the US and its allies in Syria. We just need to get it right, writes Bruce W. Jentleson. In a nutshell, there are two important lessons to [...]
Omar Sacirbey: Anti-Shariah Movement Changes Tactics and Gains Success
by OMAR SACIRBEY and LAUREN MARKOE for RELIGION NEWS SERVICE on MAY 20, 2013: (RNS) When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a 2010 ballot measure that prohibits state courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, the Council of American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit within two days challenging the constitutionality of the measure, and won. But when [...]
Georgetown Students Report on Religious Freedom, Interfaith, Secularization, Democracy and Economics
via BERKLEY CENTER FOR RELIGION, PEACE & WORLD AFFAIRS on MAY 16, 2013: The Junior Year Abroad Network (JYAN) connects study abroad students in a global conversation on religion, politics, and culture. During the 2011-2012 school year, 61 Hoyas in 30 countries on five continents—from Bolivia to Egypt to Tajikistan—shared their experiences and observations through [...]
ISLAMiCommentary on Break from May 11-19, 2013
The ISLAMiCommentary web site will not be updated between May 11-May 19, 2013 due to a brief end-of-academic-year break, but feel free to browse our extensive archives and permanent pages. Original pieces can be found here. If you are a scholar or expert on Islam and the Muslim world, please take the time to fill [...]
Charles Kurzman: Crippling International Education
by CHARLES KURZMAN for *KURZMAN.EDU (PERSONAL WEB SITE) on APRIL 26, 2013: Federal funding for international education has never been so poor. This year’s 5% percent sequestration, on top of a 47% cut in 2011, has brought the Department of Education’s National Resource Centers to their lowest level of support since the program was established [...]
