More than 100 are killed and US warns of more attacks on the way.
Egypt and Iran Assassinating Middle East Peace Once Again
April 28, 2011 By
One unfortunate but enduring truth of the Middle East is that the act of making peace with Israel, for an Arab leader—whether Christian or Muslim—is also the act of instantly becoming a target for assassination.
Bashir Gemayel didn’t even get as far as signing Lebanon’s peace treaty with Israel before the Syrians erased him. One man who did get that far was Anwar Sadat, and the legend of his assassin, the Islamist Khalid Islambouli, has been treated as the saga of a hero by Iran’s Islamist leadership ever since.
That reverence has been a point of contention between Iran and Egypt to this day—but that may be changing. Here is Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty yesterday:
Symposium: The World’s Most Wanted: A “Moderate Islam”
May 27, 2010 By 76 Comments
Four top experts on Islamic theology battle it out on whether a democratic and liberal Islam exists — or can exist.
A New Threat to Free Speech on Campus
February 19, 2010 By 58 Comments
Campus lefists and administrators discover the academic equivalent of the poll tax.
