Rob L. Wagner

American Muslims: Same Concerns as Non-Muslims

American Muslims: Same Concerns as Non-Muslims

ROB L. WAGNER: It seems impossible for many Americans to view Muslims other than through a Middle East lens.

 Tabsir

Kansas Spooked By Sharia: ‘The Ayatollahs Are Comin”

Kansas Spooked By Sharia: ‘The Ayatollahs Are Comin”

LUKE R.E. PUBLICAN, TABSIR: Kansas legislators have opted for a ‘belt and braces’ approach to deal with any possibility of Sharia creeping into the State.

 Steve Royston

The State is the Beast: An Angell on Economics

The State is the Beast: An Angell on Economics

STEVE ROYSTON: An Angell visited the other day. Not one with wings, but a Welshman with a biting tongue and the rhetorical skills of David Lloyd George.

 Richard Silverstein

The ‘Gingrich Newt’: Less Amphibious, More Reptilian

The ‘Gingrich Newt’: Less Amphibious, More Reptilian

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Adelson would explicitly reject the dictum, kol yisrael erayvim zeh ba-zeh (“All Israel is bound up on in the other”).

 Juan Cole

Why the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Victory at the Polls May Not be Decisive

Why the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Victory at the Polls May Not be Decisive

JUAN COLE: The Brotherhood is much more moderate than the Salafis and probably will seek a partnership with parties such as the secular Wafd…

 Crossroads Arabia

American Politics: The View From Over Here

American Politics: The View From Over Here

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Local commentators are premature in seeing the current debate as a reflection on the issues that will come to the fore in the presidential campaign.