By FOUAD AJAMI ‘When Ramses II was over eighty he celebrated his rejuvenation at the feast of Set, repeating it yearly until he was ninety and more, and displaying his power of rejuvenation to the Gods above in the Obelisks he regularly erected as a memorial, which the aged Pharaoh decorated with electrum at the top so that their brightness... Read more
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Pakistan, blasphemy, and a tale of two women
January 25 | Posted by mrossol | Radical IslamFor all the bad news coming out of Pakistan, you can’t help but admire the courage of two very different women who did what their political leaders failed to do — stood up to the religious right after the killing of Punjab governor Salman Taseer over his call for changes to the country’s blasphemy laws. Sherry Rehman is living as a... Read more
Moscow Airport Explosion Spotlights Security Challenges
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | Radical IslamObviously, we just need someone to be willing to just talk to these people… If someone would just be able to get Barak Obama to get them on the phone… By DANIEL MICHAELS And ANDY PASZTOR The suspected suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport on Monday that killed dozens of people in the arrivals area and injured many more could prompt security... Read more
