Entries by AIFD
AIFD Fellow: Arif Humayun
Arif Humayun is an American citizen, practicing Muslim, and avid writer. A specialist in comparative religion, Arif is dedicated to understanding what causes radicalization and in advancing human rights. Born in Pakistan, Arif came to the United States in 1980 to pursue post graduate studies in engineering at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. He lived in Australia […]
Why is the Arab world so easily offended?
Why is the Arab world so easily offended? By Fouad Ajami, Published: September 14, The Washington Post Modernity requires the willingness to be offended. And as anti-American violence across the Middle East and beyond shows, that willingness is something the Arab world, the heartland of Islam, still lacks. Time and again in recent years, as the outside world has battered […]
8/5/13 San Francisco on high alert after State Dept. terror advisory
Source: The Washington Times San Francisco police are on heightened alert after the U.S. State Department advised them of a serious al Qaeda threat that shut down 19 U.S. embassies and consulates around the world, local media reported. There was no direct threat to San Francisco, but police are monitoring airports, train stations and other transportation hubs, and will deploy […]
Make No Mistake, It Was Jihad
OPINION Make No Mistake, It Was Jihad Let’s hope the administration gets over its reluctance to recognize attacks on the U.S. for what they are. Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2013 By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY If your concern about the threat posed by the Tsarnaev brothers is limited to assuring that they will never be in […]
Why Al Gore’s Al Jazeera deal doesn’t seem right
CNN Howard Kurtz, January 7, 2013 Editor’s note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” and is Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief. He is also a contributor to the website Daily Download. (CNN) — So Al Gore starts a liberal cable network, which turns into a complete and utter flop, then sells it to a Middle East […]