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Entries by Stephen Schwartz from 05/2011

Bin Laden and Pakistan: Will There Be a Thorough Reckoning?

| Posted 05.11.2011 | Religion
Read More: Jihadism, Mawdudism, Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia, Deobandism, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, Religion News

The execution of Osama bin Laden in a raid on the Pakistani town of Abbottabad calls forth a wide range of reflections. For me, some of these thoughts are personal, and embody experiences in my own life.

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Of Butchers and Boycotts: The Mladic Arrest Seen From Nazareth and The Netherlands

| Posted 05.28.2011 | Religion
Read More: Srebrenica, Nazareth, Serbia, Sufism, Virgin Mary, Ratko Mladic, Netherlands, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbian Genocide, Islam in Israel, Ratko Mladic Arrested, Israeli Pluralism, Israeli Arabs, Religion News

By coincidence, I was thinking about Serbia when I received word of the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the notorious leader of the Serbian extremist forces that devastated Bosnia-Hercegovina.

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