Monthly Archives: February 2011

A View from Germany on the War in Afghanistan

It is important for us to keep ourselves aware of what others in the world think about our nation’s policies, in general as well as in relation to Islam. For this reason I often turn to Spiegel Online International, the … Continue reading

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A Resource for Understanding, Now, Yemen

After Tunisia and Egypt and along with Jordan and Syria, we find ourselves reading and hearing about civil unrest in Yemen, a country we have also relatively recently been reading and hearing about in connection with Al-Quaeda terrorism.  The online … Continue reading

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The Unrest in Egypt: A Few of the Many Resources Available for a Quick Overview of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

One of the primary worries that Western governments, that of the United States in particular, and Israel have had as the situation in Egypt has unfolded is that of the role of the primary Islamist organization in Egypt, the Muslim … Continue reading

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