Stephen Coughlin on the Countering Violent Extremism narrative

Stephen Coughlin speaks about the US program, “Countering Violent Extremism,” and an international one, UN resolution 16/18, both of which are designed to prevent any criticism of Islam, or any examination into the motives for Islamic terrorism and jihad. Unconstrained Analytics Report: Burning Down the House: A Strategic Overview of the Threat, the CVE, and Strategic Incomprehension…

Robert Jackson on Islamic Law

“In any broad sense, Islamic law offers the American lawyer a study in dramatic contrasts. Even casual acquaintance and superficial knowledge – all that most of us at bench or bar will be able to acquire – reveal that its striking features relative to our law are not likenesses but inconsistencies, not similarities but contrarieties.…