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The problem with Afghanistan is that it isn’t like any war we’ve fought before, not even counter-insurgencies. It’s fundamentally an attempt to deny a haven for Islamic violent extremists (IVEs) to create a model society – “Sharialand”, for want of a better term. Shariahland is a construct of ideology, precisely the way that the Soviet…

Today is the 146th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address – November 19th, 1963. Readers may be interested in this word cloud I generated of the text of the Address: Here’s the full transcript of the Gettysburg Address (the “Nicolay” copy).

[22:27–8] And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways; That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, and celebrate the name of Allah, through the Days appointed, over the cattle which…

It’s time to once again cast your vote for the Islamsphere’s best and brightest – the polls are now open in the 6th Anual Brass Crescent Awards for the Islamic Blogsphere! This year we were a little delayed with the voting phase, partly because I had an unexpected trip in October and then partly because…
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