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Containment to Counter-terrorism: Islam and the enduring U.S.-Saudi alliance

Posted on May 22, 2017March 3, 2018 by Benjamin

In view of how U.S. policy catalyzed the early versions of terrorism, the Trump administration would do well to learn the lessons of the cold war. Abetting draconian regimes and omitting human rights considerations from foreign policy will generate more extremism than it eliminates.

Can it Be Justified? The European Debate Over the Burka

Posted on August 29, 2016March 31, 2017 by Benjamin

It is obvious that banning the Burka or Burkini is illogical, hurts religious freedom and does absolutely nothing to curb the spread of radical Islam as its advocates claim.

My Religion shouldn’t make me a Target

Posted on June 23, 2016March 31, 2018 by Benjamin

When I hear about mosques being vandalized, a woman’s scarf pulled off of her head, or Muslims murdered in hate crimes, I cannot help but feel isolated, targeted, and hopeless.

Ignorance is Destructive

Posted on March 3, 2016March 31, 2017 by Benjamin

Samuel Huntington’s theory falsely constructs the Islamic world as a threat, harming prospects for global cultural understanding and cooperation.

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