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Allen S. Maller

Aug 11, 2026, 10:43 AM

Do not take God’s 99 names in vain

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.” I think of this statement whenever I hear of suicide bombers targeting another group of innocent civilians. I think, and I shudder, because...

Joseph P. Rhinewine

Aug 10, 2026, 6:30 PM

A Genocidal Threat From Pakistan

Pakistan’s defense minister has made a most incendiary, genocidal, and reckless statement. Khawaja Asif declared Israel an illegitimate state and “a threat to the entire Muslim world.” He called upon Muslim countries to form “a united military front” against it. He...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 10, 2026, 8:16 AM

The Birth of Ontology and it’s relevance to AI.

When God Taught Adam the Names of All Things Before the first city, before the first library, before Aristotle drew up his categories, before a scientist classified a species, and long before an engineer constructed a knowledge graph, the Qur’an...

Aug 9, 2026, 12:50 PM

The World Has Many Muslim States. Why Is One Jewish State Too Many?

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

There is something deeply contradictory about one of the most popular accusations directed at Israel today. Jews are increasingly described as colonizers in their own ancestral homeland, while the enormous historical expansion of Arab and Islamic civilization across the Middle...

Juda Engelmayer

Aug 8, 2026, 9:56 AM

When the Enemy of My Enemy Becomes My Ideology

History has a habit of repeating itself. Not because the circumstances are identical, but because people, particularly people acting in political movements, have a habit of making the same mistakes. One of those mistakes is confusing a common enemy with...

Mansoor H. Laghari

Aug 8, 2026, 1:03 AM

Islam Needs Reform

Islam Needs Reform, and Muslims Must Be Brave Enough to Say It I am not calling for the destruction of Islam. I am calling for its rescue from those who have turned faith into political ideology, coercion and, at its...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 6, 2026, 5:52 AM

The Constitution of Medina’s Importance For Jews

The Constitution, Charter or Covenant of Medina pre-dated the English Magna Carta by almost six centuries. It applied to the 10-20,000+ citizens living in Medina at that time. About 50-55% of the total population in Medina consisted of pagan...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 5, 2026, 6:10 AM

Rabbinic Jews Reading About Prophets Ishmael And Isaac

Muslims know that Hagar and her son Prophet Ishmael are mentioned in the Biblical book of Genesis, (chapter 21); but very few know that every year Jews in synagogues worldwide read Genesis chapters 21 and 22 on the first...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 3, 2026, 6:33 PM

CENTCOM: Here Are Some Ways to Pressure Iran

CENTCOM’s search for creative ways to pressure Iran exposes a strategic failure. Airstrikes destroy facilities and delay programs but seldom dismantle the mechanisms keeping the Islamic Republic solvent and cohesive. Tehran earns hard currency, reserves scarce resources for loyalists,...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 3, 2026, 6:27 PM

Abraham’s Three Ongoing Religions

Ashura marks the 10th day of the 1st month of Muharram, on the Islamic lunar calendar of 1448. Ashura for 2026 was observed on sundown of June 25th ending at sundown on June 26th. The day commemorates for Shia Muslims the...

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