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...structures of Byzantium or, for that matter, of Pera. The only logical definition Adomanis can have in mind for “Western kinship,” then, is religion. If he will insist on defining all historical battles as binary showdowns between Christianity and Islam, he should at least be forthright about...
...pose a threat is a great way to over-expend resources. Should Europe also have allied to crush the Magyars, or the medieval Bulgarians, just in case? Moreover to suggest a parallel between the expanding Ottoman Empire and modern “Islamic radicalism” is the sort of conflation that allows Americans to excise the (primarily) Muslim East from our ideas of the past. Adomanis, not unlike the current administration, seeks to turn Islam into a modern and violent phenomenon instead of part of a shared global heritage...
...Advanced Passenger Information System detected a member of the Terrorist Watch List on board. The flight made a special landing at Bangor International Airport where the would-be terrorist was unloaded and detained. The remaining passengers continued on to Dulles International in Washington, D.C., while Yusuf Islam was interrogated and sent back to London via Boston and Washington...
...Yusuf Islam is not one of the missing hijackers, or one of bin Laden’s advisors. Nor is he associated with Hamas, nor does he enjoy the illustrious status of being a playing card in the US Army’s Iraqi deck. He’s Cat Stevens. Cat “Peace Train” Stevens...
...Islam is “one of my favorite artists,” Ridge commented at a press conference...