The Israeli War on the Free Press
With the ever unfolding events in Gaza; and in the wake of the history of the past ten years or so, why anyone would find it shocking that Israel is targeting civilians and journalists in its violent incursions on the Palestinians is beyond me. During the last ‘War on Gaza’ a UN observation post was taken out by the Israeli ‘Blitz Krieg’ of Gaza and subsequently its extension into Lebanon killing UN observers— perhaps to intimidate and silence any possible contradiction to their version of events despite their official statement of regret.1 One of the hallmarks of a civilized nation…
America and Islam
When I became Muslim about thirty years ago, I knew from a rudimentary understanding of its precepts that Islam was opposed to the moral disposition that has now become American society. What I remember striking me as most odd about discovering the existence of Islam (after having attended the 5th best prep school in the country and three years in the Ivy League) was that I had never heard of it, at least not in its true sense. Instead, I was fed a lot of misinformation that lead me to believe that Islam was a black man’s anarchistic religion that saw violence…