Most Maggi five minute fundamentalists reject out of hand any idea that a legitimate Islamic government can have the features of a democratic polity. They automatically equate an Islamic state with their own authoritarian and proto-fascist tendencies. Thus the more “Islamic” a state is, the more it is controlled by a small “purified” cabal of...Read More

Some academics from Indiana University have recently published the results of a survey of seven Muslim-majority societies. The researchers found a strong correlation, in every country surveyed, between a stated belief in shariah as the system of state governance and a set of egalitarian principles. They write: In research based on survey data from seven...Read More

The recent and remarkable implosion of Ayaan Hirsi Ali should serve as a reminder for us all. Ayaan Hirsi Ali (whose real name is Ayaan Hirsi Magan) was the perennial anti-Islamic gadfly in the Dutch parliament. Her notoriety and public adulation were based on the now familiar narrative of the courageous but oppressed Muslim woman...Read More