The Islamist Pyramid Scheme -- Washington Times editorial
Extremists seek to erase history and create the future.
Radical Muslims want to tear down Egypt’s pyramids and take over the world. The least the rest of us can do is take them seriously.
Islamist political victories in Egypt have invigorated the debate in certain circles over what to do with the country’s historical sites, or as the extremists call them, the symbols of pagan idolatry. The most pious Muslim theologians do not see the ancient statues, carvings and pyramids as important tourist destinations so much as affronts to their beliefs. Bahraini Sunni leader Abdal-Latif al-Mahmoud called on the Egyptians to “destroy the Pyramids and accomplish what [Egypt’s Muslim conqueror] Amr bin al-As could not.” Abdel Moneim Al-Shahat, a leading member of Egypt’s radical Nour party, suggested that should the pyramids be too difficult to dismantle, structures that have stood for five millennia ought at least be covered in wax to hide them from view.
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Syria's many new friends are a self-interested bunch -- Charles Glass, National Interest
Moscow's Marines Head for Syria -- Mark Katz, Foreign Policy
Syria is to Russia what Israel is to America -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Wrong Time for New Israeli Settlements On The West Bank -- New york Times editorial
Roiling the waters: Tensions rise between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea -- The Economist
Why China's economic opacity is a serious problem -- Kristopher Harrison, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
China’s detrimental digital divide -- Washington Post editorial
What the anti-NATO protest signals for Pakistan
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Syria's many new friends are a self-interested bunch -- Charles Glass, National Interest
Moscow's Marines Head for Syria -- Mark Katz, Foreign Policy
Syria is to Russia what Israel is to America -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Wrong Time for New Israeli Settlements On The West Bank -- New york Times editorial
Roiling the waters: Tensions rise between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea -- The Economist
Why China's economic opacity is a serious problem -- Kristopher Harrison, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
China’s detrimental digital divide -- Washington Post editorial
What the anti-NATO protest signals for Pakistan
Syria is to Russia what Israel is to America -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Wrong Time for New Israeli Settlements On The West Bank -- New york Times editorial
Roiling the waters: Tensions rise between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea -- The Economist
Why China's economic opacity is a serious problem -- Kristopher Harrison, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
China’s detrimental digital divide -- Washington Post editorial
What the anti-NATO protest signals for Pakistan -- Asif Akhtar, Christian Science Monitor
Kashmir’s Fragile Calm: Tensions Take Backseat to Tourism -- Krista Mahr, Time
The Ugly Truth about Algeria -- John R. Schindler, The National Interest
The Scottish threat to Britain. -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic
Should the U.S. revive the draft? -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post
What is Terrorism, Anyway? -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Wrong Time for New Israeli Settlements On The West Bank -- New york Times editorial
Roiling the waters: Tensions rise between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea -- The Economist
Why China's economic opacity is a serious problem -- Kristopher Harrison, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
China’s detrimental digital divide -- Washington Post editorial
What the anti-NATO protest signals for Pakistan -- Asif Akhtar, Christian Science Monitor
Kashmir’s Fragile Calm: Tensions Take Backseat to Tourism -- Krista Mahr, Time
The Ugly Truth about Algeria -- John R. Schindler, The National Interest
The Scottish threat to Britain. -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic
Should the U.S. revive the draft? -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post
What is Terrorism, Anyway? -- Michael Rubin, Commentary