UNESCO’s Jerusalem Resolution Insults Both Judaism and Christianity
And, with the president’s help, the UN may be poised to cause even greater harm to Israel.
October 31, 2016
Wahhabism Isn’t the Paramount Cause of Islamic Terrorism, But It’s Hardly Blameless
Saudi Arabia’s chosen sect.
Founded by an Arabian cleric in the 18th century, the Wahhabi school seeks to purify Islam through a return to the putative practices and ideas of Muhammad and his earliest followers. Spread assiduously throughout the Muslim world by Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism has more recently been named as centrally responsible for the rise of radical, jihadist Islam. David Andrew Weinberg cautions against exaggerating the sect’s role—groups like Hamas and the various Shiite jihadists supported by Iran are not Wahhabis—while also arguing that it certainly merits its share of the blame:
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Wahhabism Isn’t the Paramount Cause of Islamic Terrorism, But It’s Hardly Blameless
Saudi Arabia’s chosen sect.
B’Tselem’s Appeal to the UN Is Clueless at Best and Malicious at Worst
Asking Russia and China to stand up for human rights and national self-determination.
What Orthodox Jews Can Teach Christian Conservatives about Abortion
Speaking coherently about difficult cases.
Esperanto and the Jewish Brand of Universalism that Produced It
Ludwik Zamenhof’s world language.