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Interview Of Edward A. Turzanski, M.A., Edward A. Turzanski, Steven Gilligan
Interview Of Edward A. Turzanski, M.A., Edward A. Turzanski, Steven Gilligan
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From the La Salle University website (12/5/2013):
Edward Turzanski is a political and national security analyst who has held a number of posts with the federal government, and can authoritatively comment on the following areas: International Relations; U. S. Foreign and Defense Policy; Intelligence and Counterintelligence: Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Domestic and Foreign policy issues related to the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; Congress and the American Presidency; Media-Political process and relations. In addition to his classroom work, Turzanski is also La Salle University's Assistant Vice President for Government and Community Relations. In that capacity, he maintains …
Polemics In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerome Slater
Polemics In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerome Slater
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of:
The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. 264pp.
and
Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History by Norman G. Finkelstein. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. 332pp.
Liberal Islam And 'Islam And Human Rights': A Sceptic's View, Anthony Chase
Liberal Islam And 'Islam And Human Rights': A Sceptic's View, Anthony Chase
Anthony Chase
Liberal Islam has become increasingly prominent in academic discourse with its argument that Islam is the necessary foundation to human rights in the Muslim world. This article argues that this theoretical premise is misguided. Instead of whether or not the rights regime makes sense given political, economic, and social context in Muslim-majority states, in a liberal Islam paradigm the question becomes whether or not there are convincing doctrinal arguments regarding the place of human rights in Islamic law. This accepts, in essence, the need for literalist religious justifications for human rights, making an argument for rights a dispute over religious …