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Once firearms arrived, "Europe, far more easily than other cultures, was able to convert ranks of spearmen" into deadly infantrymen. They "fired as they had stabbed?in unison, on command, shoulder to shoulder and in rank." From this flowed astonishing Western military feats: Hernan CortEs' 1,600 men slaughtering more...
While welcoming Afghan women's newfound freedom to throw off the burka, several readers cautioned that the celebration should not veil other limits on women's liberty. "You said, 'Nowhere in the Muslim world are women treated as equals,'" observed a California woman. "Excuse me, but nowhere in the whole...
Euro-Islam is a bridge between two cultures, providing young believers with a way of respecting inherited traditions while living in a different world. It also gives them the confidence to practice their religion more openly, unlike their parents or grandparents who thought their sojourn in Europe was temporary and...
In selecting Steiner for the Norton professorship, the search committee lauded his “remarkable fluency in many languages, and his deep learning in the literatures and philosophies of various cultures,” and both qualities were clearly on display last night.
Steiner’s lecture included a wide range of “masters” from across history and cultures, from the biblical patriarch Abraham to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche.