Category Archives: Book Review

No Place To Hide

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Muller

At the outset of his new book, Glenn Greenwald quotes Senator Frank Church’s 1975 statement, who was critically assessing intelligence activities in the U.S., “The United States government has perfected a technological capability that enables us to monitor the message … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, USA | Tagged Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, NSA, total surveillance | Leave a comment

Manufactured Evidence

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Muller

The new book by true investigative journalist Gareth Porter, Manufactured Crisis, summarizes the decade-long deception of the public about the nature of Iran’s nuclear program. It is not real news that the United States, Israel and the Iranian terrorist organization … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Iran, USA | Tagged CIA, Gareth Porter, hostage crisis, nuclear crisis | Leave a comment

Master John and Brother James

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Muller

I have to admit that, after the media hype about Reza Aslan’s Jesus biography (in particular after he was interviewed by Fox News’ Lauren Green), only then I became curious of Zealot – The life and times of Jesus of … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Book Review | Tagged Apostle Paul, James the Just, Jesus of Nazareth, Jewish-Roman wars, John the Baptist, Reza Aslan | Leave a comment

Strong Beliefs

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Muller

When recently reading with growing interest Patricia Crone’s latest book about The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran – Rural Revolt and Local Zoroastrianism (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012) I came across a most unlikely reference, Reinhold Loeffler’s interviews of Boyer … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Book Review, Iran, Islam | Tagged anthropology, Boyer Ahmadi, Erika Friedl, Patricia Crone, Reinhold Loeffler, Shi'a Islam, Zagros | Leave a comment

An Iranian Blend

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Muller

Up to the so-called Sunni Revival long after the conquest of much of the Islamic World, and foremost Iran, by the Seljuqs in the first half of the 11th century, the religious denomination of Iranians has never been so clear. … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Book Review, Iran, Islam | Tagged Abbasid revolution, Abu Muslim, Al-Muqanna, Azerbaijan, Babak, Ishak al-Turk, Islamic Third Civil War, Jibal, Khorasan, Khurramism, Mazdakism, nikah al-mutah, Patricia Crone, Sasanid empire, Sunbadh, Transoxiana, Umayyads, Yahiya bin Zayd, Yazdegerd III, Zoroastrianism | Leave a comment

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