Category Archives: Essays

You Tube link here; Embedded below. Description: Author, Islam, Middle East, and Sharia Law expert Andrew G. Bostom, M.D. joins Host, Lee Lazerson for a very candid discussion on Islam, Sharia Law, Jihad and his conviction that Islamic “Extremism” is … Continue reading →

Head Eunuch at Topkapi Palace   ** January 1, 2013 marks the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which set the United States firmly on the path toward the abolition of slavery. Frederick Douglass, in his autobiography, … Continue reading →

Will their “Sharia thirst” indeed be fully quenched? ** Three days before the first round of voting began for Egypt’s constitutional referendum on December 15, 2012, Hesham Darwish, from Cairo’s Hadayeq al-Qobba district, summarized the views of those who planned … Continue reading →

A female Morsi supporter holds aloft a placard that reads: “yes to the constitution” Al-Ahram is reporting the ten individual governorate and pooled final results, noting that all these unofficial tallies, are from governorates’ presiding judges, except Cairo’s, which are … Continue reading →

Hat Tip Religion of Peace Imran Firasat is a Pakistani Muslim “apostate,” who in this 12/13/12 interview with the International Business Times  described the key unapologetic points highlighted in his new documentary movie, “The Innocent Prophet”: Muhammad married a six-year-old … Continue reading →

Ahmad al-Zind, Egypt Judges Club chairman, said his judicial body has decided to reject overseeing Dec. 15th and 22nd 2012 constitutional referendum. He also said this on November 26, 2012: “The judges have a burning desire to instate shari’a laws … Continue reading →

Al-Masry Al-Youm is reporting that nine Egyptian human rights organizations, including the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, and El Nadim Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, released a joint statement Thursday decrying yesterday’s … Continue reading →

Reuters is reporting (12/12/12) that a court in Cairo has sentenced Coptic Christian blogger Alber Saber to a three year imprisonment for alleged “blasphemy and contempt of religion.” The offense for which Saber was convicted was sharing on Facebook the … Continue reading →

Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi (C) attends a meeting with Egypt’s Vice President Mahmoud Mekky (4th L) with other politicians and heads of parties at the presidential palace in Cairo December 8, 2012. A new decree was issued to accomplish the … Continue reading →

  Egyptian Liberals (like their Egyptian-American expatriate colleague Mona Eltahawy) championing free speech Vote Compass is an interactive electoral literacy application, originally founded by Clifton van der Linden, at the University of Toronto, and subsequently applied internationally by political scientists, … Continue reading →