Gaza, the Middle East, and the Munich Calculus
History will likely record that Hamas provoked the Gaza war with one eye on Israeli Prime…
Covering the Gaza Conflict
You can’t be objective about innocent people suffering or being killed. No matter who they are…
Coronavirus is highlighting the rift in Islam (Religion Unplugged)
Coronavirus is bringing to the fore what is likely to be one of Islam’s most fundamental…
The Online Cacophony of Hate Against Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib (NYT)
Donald Trump has made the demonization of Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, a…
The Road to Trump’s Face-off with Iran
I was flying over the Strait of Hormuz when I first learned Iran had downed a US drone just 12…
The US isn’t winning any popularity contests among Arabs
The Trump administration is dangerously out of touch with the Middle East, and it's…
U.S.-Iran standoff perpetuates flaws of decades-old policies
Current U.S. policy toward Iran has deepened the Middle East's Sunni-Shia divide —…
Trump’s Raw Meat for the Islamophobes
18 Apr, 2019 When Donald Trump on Friday tweeted out-of-context clips from a speech by Ilhan Omar…
Islamophobes Came for Americans on the Campaign Trail
MARCH 13, 2019, 11:19 AM “Think about it: Omar wears a hijab,” Fox News host Jeanine Pirro…
The Trump Administration’s Islamophobic Holy Grail
It is the holy grail of the anti-Islam lobby: the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a…
An Idiot’s Guide to Islam in America
A memo to the president-election about the people he fears. DECEMBER 8, 2016, 4:48 PM “Islam…
I’ve Seen Hell and Know What’s Coming
There is much to fear from the president-elect, and from ourselves. Lawrence Pintak Updated Apr.…
