Osama and Orientalism, my latest over at Religion Dispatches.
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Video: Faith in London
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US Institute of Peace
<sarcasm>I’m glad we have someone on the USIP who is doing real work with Muslims in the US. Putting his life on the line by going to meet with Muslim who have no greater desire than to skewer him, put on some tahini, and serve him with hummus for a good old fashioned iftaar. </sarcasm> Technorati Tags: SteveEmerson, USIP