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Alexander Herzen cherished warm memories of "old Filvmonov," his jailer at the Krutinsky  Monastery, converted into a police barr...

I mentioned a while back that I was curious about the roots of Islam and in particular, how the new learning, ahem, nuances the old.  Brad ...

Followup notes on Bernard Lewis and his Notes on a Century; Reflections of Middle East Scholar . For a man of 96, and one who has placed h...

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Muslim Brotherhood has a sense of humor ( link ).

Here's a tantalizing little amateur trial balloon: the good folks over at American Interest are taking a flutter at the notion that ther...

Fethullah Gülen? Ignoto knows ( link ). Thanks, Ignoto.

From Sunday NYT: In 1986, there was one mosque for every 6,031 Egyptians, according to government statistics. By 2005, there was one mosque ...