Tag Archives: Islam

Sagecraft

Posted on April 2, 2011 by nathanalbright

A few years ago I wrote several parts of a five-part play [1] called Sagecraft.  In the play, a party of six young people from a city called Delphi, each with their own unique personalities and backgrounds (explored in the … Continue reading →

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Numbers 5:11-31: Concerning Jealous Husbands

Posted on April 2, 2011 by nathanalbright

In my series on the biblical laws concerning love and marriage I have already examined the price of honor for a defiled virgin due to fornication [1] and the laws concerning the marriage of a captive prisoner of war [2].  … Continue reading →

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Edge Induced Cohesion In The Arabian Peninusula

Posted on March 8, 2011 by nathanalbright

From a cultural history perspective, one of the more important elements of the recent turmoil in the Middle East has been the way in which it has provided a possible avenue towards greater cooperation within the Islamist Sunni Muslim world.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Headlines In History: The 1900’s

Posted on March 3, 2011 by nathanalbright

Headlines In History:  The 1900’s, by James Miller, Bonnie Szumski, and Scott Barbour, editors This volume is definitely a disappointing end to an excellent series.  Instead of the excellence reached by most other volumes of this series [1] [2] [3] … Continue reading →

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Christmas and Mawlid-al-Nabi: Some Strange Parallels

Posted on February 16, 2011 by nathanalbright

Today the Muslims of the world celebrate Mawlid-al-Nabi, (literally “birth of the prophet”) the festival of the birth of Mohammad, their prophet, according to the Islamic lunar calendar.  This is a sort of popular festival with many strange parallels with … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Headlines In History: The 1000’s

Posted on February 10, 2011 by nathanalbright

Headlines In History:  The 1000’s, by Brenda Stalcup, Bonnie Szumski, and Scott Barbour, editors This book is the first book, chronologically, in the Headlines In History series, though I have read most of the series previously [1] [2].  This book … Continue reading →

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Things Fall Apart: A Grim Musing On Egypt

Posted on January 28, 2011 by nathanalbright

Updated 02/11/2011:  Mubarak Resigns Right now, before our eyes, we are watching a dictatorship fall apart.  For the second time in in a few weeks, a dictator past his prime looks to be approaching his “sell by” date.  The dictatorship … Continue reading →

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Book Review Published in De Re Militari

Posted on January 13, 2011 by nathanalbright

I just wished to write a short blurb to the readers of my book reviews to get the word out that my book review for Sacred Swords:  Jihad In The Holy Land, 1097-1291, by James Waterson, has been published in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Islam’s Black Slaves

Posted on November 20, 2010 by nathanalbright

Islam’s Black Slaves, by Ronald Segal One man’s perspective is another man’s ax to grind. I read this particular book for two reasons: one, because the subject of slavery is fascinating to me and I had read little on the … Continue reading →

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