Monthly Archives: August 2008

Intercultural Competence

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Muller

Random House has cancelled the scheduled publication of a novel about the life of Aisha, the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) by Sherry Jones. The prologue of the apparently childish book, “The Jewel of Medina”, which is intended … Continue reading →

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Independence

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Muller

Everything is connected. Exactly 100 years ago, in May 1908, the first oil in the Middle East was discovered in a huge oil field near Masjed-e Soleiman in the Khuzestan Province in southwestern Iran. It was William Knox D’Arcy, a … Continue reading →

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Monicagate and the Rise of Al-Qaeda

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Muller

About 10 years ago, the infamous impeachment attempt of former President Bill Clinton took place. The public scandal started when Linda Tripp provided Kenneth Starr with her surreptitiously recorded tapes of talks with Monica Lewinsky. On February 12, 1999 the … Continue reading →

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Sha’abaniya

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Muller

These days again thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims make their way to Kerbala to mark the birth of the 12th Shi’a Imam Muhammad Al-Mahdi (15th Sha’aban 255 AH). It seems to be common now that, at least in Iraq, these religious … Continue reading →

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Circular Reasoning

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Muller

In the May 2008 issue of New English Review, Ibn Warraq briefly reports on the proceedings of an “Inarah Conference On the Early History of Islam And the Koran” earlier this year in Otzenhausen, Germany. The well-known ‘revisionists’ had been gathering … Continue reading →

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