MRBlog | “Economic Terrorism” and the Rise of the Trump Regime
By Thomas J. Whitley This week Washington state Republican Senator Doug Ericksen introduced a bill intended to outlaw illegal protests, a move that
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MRBlog | On Giving Donald Trump a Chance
By Thomas J. Whitley “We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead,” Hillary Clinton said in her concession speech
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First Impressions # 94: Claire Chambers on Britain Through Muslim Literary Representations
What does Britain look like from the perspective of Muslims across the eighteenth century until today? Kristian Petersen talks with Claire Chambers, Lecturer
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What is Islam? A Celebration and Defense of Contradiction Perplexity and Paradox – by Anna Bigelow
The fourth essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? If Shahab Ahmed were still with us to defend the complex
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The Problem with Being Islamic: Definitional and Theoretical Limits and Legacies – by Zareena Grewal
The third essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? Last semester I began my graduate seminar, “Interrogating the ‘Crisis’ of
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First Impressions #86: Moustafa Bayoumi on This Muslim American Life
We live in a “War on Terror” culture, which ascribes a malevolent aspect to all things Muslim. How has this affected the lives of
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First Impressions #83: Amira Jarmakani on Desert Romances and the War on Terror
Popular “desert romance” novels reveal some of the cultural logic in the construction of U.S. imperialism and the war on terror. Kristian Petersen
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MRBlog | Why Rick Santorum Thinks a Muslim Ban is Constitutional and Why It Matters
By Thomas J. Whitley During the “undercard” GOP Debate Tuesday night, Rick Santorum made a comment about Islam that seems to have been
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MRBlog | Muslims and Republican Mythmaking
By Thomas J. Whitley Move out of the way, Red Scare, we’re on to a new enemy. Communism is no longer a
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MRBlog: DISPATCHES. Reflections from Paris
By Richard Landes Le tout Paris is talking about it. Everywhere in Paris last week, we heard the voices of horror and astonishment and, now,
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