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Anderson Cooper speaks with Princeton University Professor Bernard Haykel who makes the case that ISIS is NOT un-Islamic.
…..But Muslims who call the Islamic State un-Islamic are typically, as the Princeton scholar Bernard Haykel, the leading expert on the group’s theology, told me, “embarrassed and politically correct, with a cotton-candy view of their own religion” that neglects “what … Continue reading
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What ISIS Really Wants
This article has been getting a lot of play in recent days, referenced in a number of mainstream media sources, both left and right. It’s long but well-written and informative. THE ATLANTIC by Graeme Wood March 2015 The Islamic State is no … Continue reading