Understanding Current Events! (Part 5)      Understanding Curr...      Bankrupt: The Intellectual and Moral Bankruptcy of Today's Democratic Party David Limbaugh Regnery Publishing, 2007 Do you want to know why Congress' ratings are so low? Well right here are the answers!!!! + The Title Says it All + Bankrupt This book offers no one an opportunity to undergo an epiphany in regards to one's personal ideology. It is not a book claiming to present some new, untold, or uncovered insight into the political depravity of the Democrats. What the book provides is a brisk retelling of the obstructionism that has ...             Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerence Ian Buruma Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Exceeds expectations + An Introduction to Modern Europe + Dutch tolerance? + A different look at an issue that affects our lives every day             Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents Robert Irwin Overlook Hardcover, 2006 Yet Another Exposé of Said's Villany and Feeble Mindedness + Good Counter Polemic + The Discontents are Dull Whatever specialists thought of Edward Said's Orientalism, published in 1978, the book had major impact on Middle East studies, as Nathan Alexander of Troy University points out. Its thesis was that "Orientalism" was a "hegemonic discourse of imperialism" that "constrains everything that can be ...             Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World Edward W. Said Vintage, 1997 Islam covered + A Must Read For The Uneducated Westerner + Contrarian worth reading . . . How Islam is portrayed in the Western media shows how the tail wags the dog - a minority determines how the majority sees the rest of the world by giving them access to selective information about the Other. This book should be added to your post-9/11-book shelf.             Western Muslims and the Future of Islam Tariq Ramadan Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 Hard thinking man arrives at refreshing vision + Abode of Testimony.... + Another excellent work by Mr Ramadan + Citizen Muslim             Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space John R. Bowen Princeton University Press, 2006 An Anthropology of Public Reasoning Three years after the facts, is it still worthwhile to revisit the French government's decision to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools? Should we not rather just let go, have time heal whatever wounds may have been caused, and move on to something else? If John ...             The Islamic Threat : Myth or Reality? (Third Edition) John L. Esposito Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 If you can be open a little, lots of informative details + Depth and Breadth + takes the long view + Esposito knows his stuff!             The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam Thomas Asbridge Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 An enjoyable narrative, from a European slant + The First Crusade: a review + best general history written on first crusade The First Crusade is an enjoyable read. It starts a little slow, but once the Crusaders reach Constantinople, things get really interesting. It has lots of drama and action. I think the author is fairly un-biased, though the book is definitely from the European perspective. Many reviewers took ...             The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? Tony Blankley Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005 Excellent analysis of Islam threat, but could be stronger on Western response + I love America...how do people not? + A clear-eyed and realistic warning + Powerful, urgent message             There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind Antony Flew, Roy Abraham Varghese HarperOne, 2007 How a world-renowned atheist decided he was wrong + Go where the evidence leads + Following Where the Evidence Leads. + Flew's reasons for rejecting atheism + C. S. Lewis would be pleased             Integrating Islam: Political And Religious Challenges in Contemporary France Jonathan Laurence, Justin Vaisse Brookings Institution Press, 2006 A book to be grateful for + A Balanced And Well-Informed Survey--Don't Judge It On The Book Cover Laurence and Vaisse have written a very sane set of analyses of Islam in France. The book is rigorously based on solid data and well conceived historical research. They also support their work with interviews with important participants in the processes they describe. Absolutely every one ...             Al Qaeda in Europe: The New Battleground of International Jihad Lorenzo Vidino Prometheus Books, 2005 A fascinating analysis + A TRUE MASTERPIECE + hjs Review: Al Qaeda in Europe + This is the first book in English to examine Islamic roots and terrorism in Europe             Integrating Islam: Political And Religious Challenges in Contemporary France Jonathan Laurence, Justin Vaisse Brookings Institution Press, 2006 A book to be grateful for + A Balanced And Well-Informed Survey--Don't Judge It On The Book Cover Laurence and Vaisse have written a very sane set of analyses of Islam in France. The book is rigorously based on solid data and well conceived historical research. They also support their work with interviews with important participants in the processes they describe. Absolutely every one ...             Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents Robert Irwin Overlook Hardcover, 2006 Yet Another Exposé of Said's Villany and Feeble Mindedness + Good Counter Polemic + The Discontents are Dull Whatever specialists thought of Edward Said's Orientalism, published in 1978, the book had major impact on Middle East studies, as Nathan Alexander of Troy University points out. Its thesis was that "Orientalism" was a "hegemonic discourse of imperialism" that "constrains everything that can be ...             Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World Edward W. Said Vintage, 1997 Islam covered + A Must Read For The Uneducated Westerner + Contrarian worth reading . . . 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