http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook mirrored in searchable blog format Sat, 18 May 2013 16:43:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/18/lebanon-is-filling-to-the-brim-with-syrian-refugees-mostly-sunnis-and-this-map/ http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/18/lebanon-is-filling-to-the-brim-with-syrian-refugees-mostly-sunnis-and-this-map/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 16:43:25 +0000 Martin Kramer http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=4c968b27549cb40312bc09b05cb342f7 http://zoom.it/9QFAF. The International Crisis Group has issued a sobering report on the political strains this is creating within Lebanon: http://j.mp/141P1rc. In short, Lebanon tops the spillover list, well ahead of Turkey or Jordan.

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Muftis of Morningside Heights by Martin Kramer (2008)
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“Palestinian conduct in the war conformed almost precisely to the conduct they had expected of the Jews—something that made them contemptible in their own eyes and those of other Arabs.”]]> http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/15/as-palestinians-mark-their-failure-to-strangle-israel-at-birth-they-call-it-na/feed/ 0 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/12/today-pope-francis-canonized-800-victims-of-an-atrocity-committed-by-invading-ot/ http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/12/today-pope-francis-canonized-800-victims-of-an-atrocity-committed-by-invading-ot/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 01:01:12 +0000 Martin Kramer http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=99e117c521cb2ff114b2608d7cc7d7e2 http://bbc.in/11wPAfs. This is a perfect opportunity to re-up my classic post on Juan Cole and beheading: http://bit.ly/colebehead. Enjoy. (The illustration, from the Otranto cathedral, depicts one of the decapitated Christians, Antonio Primaldo, whose body, according to legend, stood erect even without its head.)

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Coping with Change: The Middle East and the Second Obama Administration
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“2013 Soref Symposium. Watch live webcasts of many sessions throughout the day.”]]> http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/08/so-tomorrow-i-will-be-disappearing-into-the-2013-soref-symposium-of-the-washing/feed/ 0 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/07/almost-five-years-ago-i-recommended-mohsin-hamids-novel-the-reluctant-fundame/ http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/07/almost-five-years-ago-i-recommended-mohsin-hamids-novel-the-reluctant-fundame/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 13:11:53 +0000 Martin Kramer http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=65bdcf0c0baabe921affa00e5f9b60b6 http://bit.ly/mohsinhamid. I just saw the film, directed by Mira Nair, and I recommend that too (although it’s not entirely faithful to the novel, in that it resolves the Pakistani protagonist’s dilemma). It’s more thoughtful than “Argo,” and the final equivalent of a chase scene is more credible too.


The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Trailer
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Iran Warns Syrian Rebels After Report of Shrine Desecration | NYT
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“Iran’s Shiite leaders warned of regional sectarian conflict after reports that Syrian rebels raided a Shiite shrine in a suburb of Damascus last week.”]]> http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/06/ah-the-new-york-times-the-shrine-of-the-revered-shiite-figure-hojr-ibn-oday/feed/ 0 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/03/antisemitic-bigot-and-hate-monger-sheikh-yusuf-qaradawi-explains-why-he-refused/ http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/03/antisemitic-bigot-and-hate-monger-sheikh-yusuf-qaradawi-explains-why-he-refused/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 15:26:42 +0000 Martin Kramer http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=db0fc89ce6b975dc57bd50b44289d132 http://youtu.be/RsUCWRVYZFY. Why does anyone think he would contribute anything to such a dialogue anyway? I once had a brief clash with Qaradawi in Doha at a different sort of dialogue, which I described here: http://bit.ly/qaradawisuperstar. And no, I didn’t shake his blood-stained hand.

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If there was ever a time to intervene in Syria, it has passed by Douglas Murray
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"‘Something must be done’ remains a cry of our day. But perhaps people are finally starting to realise that ‘something’ always meant ‘America’ and Obama’s nation doesn’t want the job any more."]]> http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/03/we-might-use-syria-to-wear-down-the-regional-destabiliser-of-iran-decoupling-s/feed/ 0 http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/02/syrian-insurgents-have-destroyed-the-tomb-of-hujr-ibn-adi-companion-of-the-prop/ http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/2013/05/02/syrian-insurgents-have-destroyed-the-tomb-of-hujr-ibn-adi-companion-of-the-prop/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 02:23:08 +0000 Martin Kramer http://www.martinkramer.org/facebook/?guid=5ffd902a569c073e5c0a6609b31714c7 http://youtu.be/TNoN_AjVMiY). The attackers also left a hole where the grave would be, although it is being claimed on Shiite websites that they failed to exhume the pure body. These photos are racing around the Shiite web, evoking predictable rage, and Hezbollah has issued a statement condemning the “desecration”: http://bit.ly/hujrhezbollah.

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