Category Archives: Academics

Janteloven

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Muller

Having long been impressed by great and world-renowned Scandinavian professionals, I have only lately met a number of Scandinavians as colleagues in my academic career. When having lived and worked in the Middle East several of these exemplars did not … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Ethnology, Norway | Tagged Aksel Sandemose, Janteloven, racism, Scandinavia, segregation | Leave a comment

Scientific Misconduct

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Muller

That Germany’s Minister of Defense Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg abdicated today was foreseeable, and inevitable. His doctoral thesis was plagiarism which is considered as grave scientific misconduct. That Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, who holds a PhD in science and is married … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Germany | Tagged Angela Merkel, Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, BILD, DER SPIEGEL, Horst Kohler, plagiarism, scientific misconduct | Leave a comment

A Rhetorical Triumph

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Muller

Angelika Neuwirth has presented a monumental analysis of the Holy Qur’an [1] which provides a number of convincing arguments that the scripture must not be regarded as fait accompli but had rather developed as a liturgical text during permanent and critical, … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Book Review, Islam | Tagged Ahmad Milad Karimi, Angelika Neuwirth, Christianity, congregation, Corpus Coranicum, Europe, Hartmut Bobzin, Holy Bible, Holy Qur'an, Judaism, Karl-Heinz Ohlig, Koran, Madinah, Makkha, Markus Gross, Muhammad, Navid Kermani, Tanakh, Tilman Nagel | Leave a comment

Eric A. Brill’s Arguments

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Muller

I have foretold the final result of last year’s presidential election in Iran already early in May 2009. I wrote at that time, “Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei can’t help but only endorse ‘his’ president Ahmadinejad. And when he is going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Iran | Tagged Benford's Law, election fraud, Eric A. Brill, Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett, Iran's presidential election 2009, peer review, scientific method | 2 Comments

Just Fallen Short

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Muller

Quasi-periodicity in 15th century Islamic Art and whether it actually has been developed as a concept is still a matter of a somewhat controversial debate. There are three sites in the city of Esfahan which have been studied in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Iran | Tagged Benjamin R. Schleich, Darb-i Imam, decagonal tesselation, girih, Gonbad-e Qabud, Great Mosque Esfahan, patterns, Penrose, Peter J. Lu, Peter R. Cromwell, self-similarity, subdivision, western iwan | 2 Comments

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