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Sending Blessings on the Beloved of God Regarded by most scholars as being the best book written on the subject of sending blessings on the ...
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| With God on Our Side: Politics & Theology of the War on Terrorism |
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In “the war against terrorism,” everyone believes that they have God on their side. Osama bin Laden regularly invokes God as does President George Bush. Whereas Bush views the world in terms of “good” and “evil” and regularly expresses foreign policy in theological terms, Bin Laden believes he is fighting a global jihad against the crusader enemies of Islam.
When religion is used to construct a black and white worldview, such an oversimplification can spawn radical ideologies, as the extremist evangelical fringes of Christianity and Islam have proven. Mainstream Muslims and Christians have expressed great alarm at the President’s closeness to the Christian Right—who voted in their millions for President Bush’s re-election—and particularly at evangelical leaders such as Reverend Fran... |
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“This timely and richly sourced book spans the roots of the ‘War on Terrorism’ from Halliburton to the neo-cons to the Apocalypse...it unmasks a vast web of deceit consisting of media pundits, greedy executives and religious fanatics....” |
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| Israel Adam Shamir, Author of The Galilee Flowers |
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“Speaking the truth about Israel and Zionism must include an honest discussion of the Bush administration’s war on Iraq. It must also acknowledge the role of Israel-first ideologues who strive to ‘redraw the map of the Middle East’ and to forge the relationship between the US and the rest of the world analogous to the relationship of the ha |
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| Professor Daniel A. McGowan, Director, Deir Yassin Remembered, www.DeirYassin.org |
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“...an admirable and significant tour de force which probes the back room architects of the invasion of Iraq, the theological underpinnings of the Christian Zionists; how they have sanctified Empire, Islamicized evil and wrapped the shroud of Jesus around Israel.” |
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| Dr. S.J. Noumoff, McGill University, Canada |
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From the Two Holy Sanctuaries: A Hajj Journal While Hajj books are usually about the rituals of pilgrimage, few, if any, address the loss of volun...
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The State We Are In: Identity, Terror and the Law of Jihad Does Islam need a reformation or are we all suffering because of one? ...
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Asad Abu Khalil
'Asad Abu Khalil is Associate Professor of political science at California State University, Stanisl...
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