Tag Archives: Islam

Belief from the inside out

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

The Pulitzer Prize awarded last month to Carla Power’s If the Oceans Were Ink, an outsider’s meditation on The Holy Qur’an with the help of a learned Islamic scholar, signals a subtle but seismic shift in our intellectual world.  It joins other … Continue reading →

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Islam and the West, a Positive Approach

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

Today I published an article on the protests seen in  the Muslim world over the controversial anti-Islamic video that went live in August. My article follows a previous post but expands on my work in public diplomacy and public opinion … Continue reading →

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Islam and the Political Aesthetic

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

NOTE Sept. 22: With today’s events in Pakistan (and attending, preventable deaths and violence), my predictions about the numbers involved in the protests worldwide appears to have been off, certainly in scale.  Nevertheless I still stand by my argument that … Continue reading →

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