France’s Islamist Problem Is Everyone’s Problem
by Samuel GreggWhat is the relationship between France and the Muslim world inside and outside its borders? Continue Reading »
Why I Became Muslim
by Jacob WilliamsGrowing up in twenty-first-century Britain, I was often struck by a feeling of anomie. Around the time I was born, John Major tried to evoke a vanished past by conjuring “long shadows on county grounds” and “old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist.” As for my . . . . Continue Reading »
The Heroism of Arnaud Beltrame
by Jean-Baptiste, crmdArnaud Beltrame was convinced that an ideology could not be fought simply with weapons and computers. Continue Reading »
The Crisis of Christians in Egypt
by Gabriel Said ReynoldsMuch has changed in Egypt since 2011. Yet with all of these developments, one thing has not changed: Attacks against Christians have continued. Continue Reading »
Does French Culture Have a Future?
by Pierre ManentThe French are exhausted, but they are first of all perplexed, lost. Things were not supposed to happen this way. Continue Reading »
Understand the Enemy as He Understands Himself
by Rémi BragueFr. Hamel was not killed because he was French, but because he was a Christian, and a priest. To find economic or political reasons for his assassination is rather difficult. Continue Reading »
The Continuing Disaster of Sudan's Islamist Government
by James R. RogersSudan largely dropped out of the news after the secession of South Sudan. Independence for South Sudan came on the heels of reduced conflict in Darfur and, earlier, the inward turn of the Islamist Al-Ingaz (or “Salvation”) regime. These events seemed to portend a turn for the better in Sudan. . . . . Continue Reading »
Terrorism Is Not Hate
by R. R. RenoMulticulturalism has made us too parochial to see this. Technocracy has made it contrary to the interests of our leaders. The truth is that terrorism has its roots in politics, not in hate. Continue Reading »
In Memoriam: Hassan al-Turabi and Sudan’s Islamist Pivot
by James R. RogersSudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi died last Saturday, March 5 at the age of 84. While never head of state or government in Sudan, he held different government positions at different times. But Turabi’s greatest influence stemmed from his intellectual and organizational leadership, most . . . . Continue Reading »
Suya Wars
by Alan JacobsMost Americans believe, when they think of the issue at all, that our disputes over the role of religion in public life and discourse are pretty heated—though for some of us they aren’t nearly hot enough. But in other places the complexity of the issues and the intensity of . . . . Continue Reading »
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