One Islamist’s View of Ben Carson’s Comments About Islam

by jstewardfree | Sep 25, 2015 | Grey Matter

By Tawfik Hamid | Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson was roundly criticized last week for his comments about Islam. When asked whether he believes that Islam is consistent with the Constitution, his response was:  “No, I don’t. I do not. I would not advocate that...

Professor Debunks Claims About Why People Become Islamic Extremists

by jstewardfree | Jul 22, 2015 | Grey Matter

By Billy Hallowell | Professor Pokes Holes in Common Claims Surrounding Why People Become Islamic Extremists — and Reveals the ‘Toxic Brew’ at the Center of It All. A Georgetown University foreign policy professor who also serves as a senior adviser to the U.S. State...

When Religious Extremism Feeds on Anxious Secularism

by jstewardfree | May 20, 2015 | Grey Matter

By Omar Belhaj Salah | Tunisia’s intelligentsia must move beyond seeing Muslim citizens as the violent ‘other’, instead embrace the right to peaceful religious expression. The roads leading to the radicalisation of young Arab-Muslims are manifold. Nevertheless, all...

This American Muslim Entrepreneur Hopes Capitalism can Defeat ISIS

by jstewardfree | Apr 29, 2015 | Grey Matter

addison rae nudesBy Matthew Bell | Shahed Amanullah helped advise the US State Department and White House on social media strategy and countering extremism online. Call it capitalism as a counterterrorism strategy. ISIS is like a small, nimble start-up, building its...

My Turn: Standing Up and Fighting the War on Christianity in America

by jstewardfree | Apr 8, 2015 | Grey Matter

By Jean Warrick | In this country, where our Constitution calls for freedom of speech and freedom of religion, we have not experienced in our 238 years as a nation being persecuted as Christians or having religious speech silenced — until now. For 2,000 years,...