Writings by Benjamin D. Sommer

All Topics Academia African-American Muslims Anti-Christianism Antisemitism Arab-Israel conflict & diplomacy Arab-Israeli debate in the U.S. Campus Watch Central Asia China Conservatives & Liberals Conspiracy theories Converts to Islam Council on American-Islamic Relations Counter-terrorism Democracy and Islam Demographics Dhimmitude Egypt Freethinking & Muslim apostasy History Immigration Iran Iraq Islam Islamic law (Shari'a) Islamist Watch Israel & Zionism Japan Jerusalem Jews and Judaism Jordan Kurds Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mecca and Medina Media Middle East patterns Middle East politics Middle East studies Moderate Muslims Muslims in Canada Muslims in Europe Muslims in the United Kingdom Muslims in the United States Muslims in the West North Africa Oil Palestinians Persian Gulf & Yemen Public opinion polls Radical Islam Russia/Soviet Union Saudi Arabia Sex and gender relations Slavery South Asia Southeast Asia Strategic alliances Suicide terrorism Syria Terrorism Turkey and Turks US policy US politics Views of US War on terror

All Authors Ziad K. Abdelnour Jean AbiNader Max Abrahms Zachary Abuza Benjamin T. Acosta Mohebat Ahdiyyih Ariel I. Ahram Yousef H. Al-Ebraheem Turki al-Hamad Muhammad Al-Hussaini Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Edward Alexander Nathan Alexander Alex Alexiev Ali Alfoneh Ayaan Hirsi Ali Raad Alkadiri Doron Almog Karim Alrawi Jon B. Alterman Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio Yaakov Amidror Pernille Ammitzbøll R. Scott Appleby Bülent Aras Damla Aras Leora Aster Norvell B. De Atkine Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Jeffrey Azarva Tuncay Babalı Tony Badran Joel Bainerman Shmuel Bar David Bar-Illan Amatzia Baram Zeyno Baran Mitchell Bard Mitchell G. Bard Brig Barker Henri J. Barkey Alex Barnea David Barnett Yehudit Barsky Nick Beckwith Paul Belien Avi Bell Esther Ben-David Cheryl Benard H. Osman Bencherif Ofra Bengio Richard L. Benkin Anat Berko Ilan Berman Scott Berrie Çevik Bir Stephen Blank Teri Blumenfeld Dan Blumenthal Paul Bogdanor Imad Boles Nir Boms Anna Borshchevskaya Ilya Bourtman Nicole Brackman Marshall J. Breger Andre Briere Cameron S. Brown Charles M. Brown David Bukay David Burge Gregory A. Burris Tonya Ugoretz Buzby Soner Cagaptay Jin Caihong David Capezza Scott Carpenter A.J. Caschetta Taylor Cashwell Sharon Chadha Anthony B. Tirado Chase Phyllis Chesler Pratik Chougule Patrick Clawson Claude A. Clegg, III Eric H. Cline Brian Cloughley Angelo M. Codevilla James Coffman Ariel Cohen Howard A. Cohen Michael J. Cohen Raymond Cohen Reut Cohen Reut R. Cohen Stuart Cohen Christopher Coker David Cook Steven Cook Steven A. Cook Svante E. Cornell Caroline Cox Lorne Craner Matthew Crosston Mohamed Daadaoui Kyle Dabruzzi Brendan Daly Justin C. Danilewitz Moshe Dann Robert Dannin Raphael Danziger Adeed Dawisha Marius Deeb Francis M. Deng Patrick Devenny Dan Diker Janet Doerflinger Melih Dogan Rasim Özgür Dönmez Tom Donnelly Daniel Doron Jonathan Dowd-Gailey Alan Dowty Khalid Durán Mark Durie John Eibner Dale Eikmeier Laura Zittrain Eisenberg Michael Eisenstadt Farid el-Khazen Aladdin Elaasar Dan Eldar Mohamed Eljahmi John Elliott Theodore Reuben Ellis Koenraad Elst Fikret Erkut Emcioğlu Steven Emerson Edward J. Erickson John L. Esposito Amitai Etzioni Tony Fabrizio Yakov Faitelson Cynthia Farahat Douglas J. Feith Yotam Feldner Alberto Fernandez Jonathan Fine Kara Flook Jonathan Fox Rend Rahim Francke Seth Frantzman Seth J. Frantzman Robert O. Freedman Hillel Frisch Graham E. Fuller Timothy R. Furnish Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Gary C. Gambill K. Luisa Gandolfo Boaz Ganor Andrew Garfield Adam Garfinkle Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Jonathan Gelbart Yoav Gelber Gideon Gera Roger A. Gerber Reuel Marc Gerecht Suzanne Gershowitz Bianca Gersten Shafeeq N. Ghabra Farid N. Ghadry Nazila Ghanea Gibreel Gibreel Newt Gingrich Brendan Goldman David P. Goldman Brooke M. Goldstein Saeid Golkar Eric Golub Benjamin Gordon Bradley Gordon Louis A. Gordon Ronni L. Gordon Fred M. Gottheil David Govrin Eric K. Graben Benjamin A.T. Graham Judith Greblya Rima Greene Carol Greenwald Stephen Grummon Klaus Grünewald Pan Guang Yücel Güçlü Amos N. Guiora Olivier Guitta Michael M. Gunter Michel Gurfinkiel Simon Haddad David Hall Rachel Hallote A. Nizar Hamzeh Jonathan Calt Harris William Harris Mehmet Hasgüler Uriel Heilman Yoaz Hendel Simon Henderson Clemens Heni Christopher Hitchens Rachel Hoff Ricki Hollander Andrew M. Hollin Or Honig Hume Horan David Kennedy Houck Daniel Huff Toby E. Huff Timothy N. Hunter Raymond Ibrahim Mahir Ibrahimov Efraim Inbar Pinchas Inbari Robert Irwin Rael Jean Isaac Benjamin Ismail Issam Abu Issa Alan Jacobs Johannes J.G. Jansen M. Zuhdi Jasser Susan M. Jellissen Sterling Jensen Alexander H. Joffe Ian Johnson George Jonas Avi Jorisch Paul A. Jureidini Tzvi Kahn Mehran Kamrava Eliyahu Kanovsky Lee Kaplan Robert D. Kaplan Kamran Karadaghi Ely Karmon Efraim Karsh Lee Kass Simcha Katsnelson David Katz Mark N. Katz Rita Katz Kenneth Katzman Joe Kaufman Barbara Kay April Kaza Mordechai Kedar Elie Kedourie Oren Kessler Badruddin Khan Hilal Khashan Farid el Khazen Igor Khrestin Mustafa Kibaroğlu Stephen Kinzer Owen H. Kirby Rosanne Klass David Klatzker Ephraim Kleiman Morton Klein Morton A. Klein Patrick Knapp Frank Knuettel Evan Kohlmann David A. Korn Martin Kramer Benny Kraut Gideon M. Kressel P. R. Kumaraswamy Erjan Kurbanov Josh Kurlantzick Arlene Kushner Ted Lapkin Alyssa A. Lappen Scott Lasensky Seth Lasser Jacob Lassner Azzedine Layachi Jim Lederman Melvin E. Lee Mordecai Lee Robert Leiken Kenneth C. W. Leiter Andrea Levin John M. Levins Micah Levinson Matthew Levitt Bernard Lewis Jonathan Eric Lewis Michael Lewis Samuel Lewis Guenter Lewy Jin Liangxiang Robert J. Lieber Robert K. Lifton David Littman Neill Lochery Joshua E. London Mauro De Lorenzo Gal Luft Denis MacEoin Bruce Maddy-Weitzman Mary Madigan Kanan Makiya Alan Makovsky Habib C. Malik Haim Malka Daniel Mandel Michael Mandelbaum Yohanan Manor Irwin J. Mansdorf Ahmed Subhy Mansour Salim Mansur Johanna Markind John Marks R. John Matthies Ryan Mauro Andrew C. McCarthy John McLaughlin David Meir-Levi Aaron Menenberg Roberto Menotti Ya'akov Meron Michael J. Metrinko Aaron Eitan Meyer James H. Meyer Hannah Elka Meyers George Michael Isabelle Tahar Miller John Miller Judith Miller Rory Miller Anthony E. Mitchell Ido Mizrahi Khaleel Mohammed Reza Molavi Joseph V. Montville Benny Morris Ray J. Mouawad Muhammad Mugraby Diana Muir Joshua Muravchik Laurent Murawiec Winfield Myers Amikam Nachmani Nitza Nachmias Azar Nafisi Phillip C. Naylor Mordechai Nisan Stephen H. Norwood Sana Nourani Nawaf E. Obaid Martha Olcott Thomas von der Osten-Sacken Emanuele Ottolenghi Howard Pack Abdul Hadi Palazzi Guang Pan Harsh V. Pant Ilan Pappé Thomas Parker David A. Patten David Patterson Judea Pearl Adam Pechter Alon Peled Martin Peretz Amos Perlmutter Walid Phares Richard Phelps Daniel Pipes Steven Plaut Danielle Pletka Elie Podeh Eunice G. Pollack Noah Pollak Nidra Poller Patrick Poole David S. Powers Andrew Nichols (Nick) Pratt Peter Probst David Pryce-Jones Frederic L. Pryor Kamal Said Qadir Shireen Qudosi Paul Quinn-Judge Wahabuddin Ra'ees David Raab Robert G. Rabil Abraham Rabinovich Itamar Rabinovich Beila Rabinowitz Ayad Rahim Ellen Raphaeli Nimrod Raphaeli Raheel Raza Oliver Revell Alan Richards Elihu D. Richter Gregg Rickman Peter Riddell Bruce Riedel Philip Robins Heather Robinson David Rodman Peter W. Rodman Andrew M. Roe Asaf Romirowsky Yehudit Ronen Alexander Rose Barry Rosen Judith Friedman Rosen Steven J. Rosen Michael Rosenberg Nathaniel Rosenblatt Lauren G. Ross Steven Ross Shannen Rossmiller Eric Rozenman Barry Rubin Judith Colp Rubin Michael Rubin Danny Rubinstein Mohammad Al Rumaihi David J. Rusin Nader Izzat Sa'id Alexander Safian Franck Salameh Ali Salem Philip Carl Salzman E. B. Samuel Shmuel Sandler Saliba Sarsar Robert Satloff Sabri Sayari Jay Schalin Jonathan Schanzer David Schenker Richard Schifter Sol Schindler Ron Schleifer Michael Schmidmayr Gabriel Schoenfeld Michael B. Schub Adam Schupack Julián Schvindlerman Stephen Schwartz Ronen Sebag Barak M. Seener Aaron Segal Katherine Seifert Vance Serchuk Caroline Sevier Gilbert T. Sewall Brenda Shaffer Sid Shahid Kathy Shaidle Rachel Sharon-Krespin Uriya Shavit Martin Sherman Haim Shibi Avi Shlaim Dmitry Shlapentokh Dany Shoham Arash Sigarchi Kemal Silay Mark Silinsky George L. Simpson, Jr. Joel Singer Saul Singer Julie Sirrs Owen Sirrs Owen L. Sirrs Emmanuel Sivan Joseph Morrison Skelly Peter Sluglett Lee Smith Phillip Smyth Ann Snyder Daniel Sobelman Solomon Socrates Henry Sokolski E. Haldun Solmazturk Hussein Solomon Benjamin D. Sommer Jared Sorhaindo Jerry Sorkin Samuel J. Spector Steven L. Speigel Robert Spencer Steven L. Spiegel Gideon Spitzer Joseph S. Spoerl Jonathan Spyer Steven Stalinsky Kenneth W. Stein Gerald M. Steinberg Sarah N. Stern Ira Stickler Alexander T. Stillman David M. Stillman Mimi Stillman Norman A. Stillman Ronni Gordon Stillman Cinnamon Stillwell Raymond Stock Steven Stotsky Douglas E. Streusand David B. Strohmetz Asher Susser John W. Sutherlin Oskar Svadkovsky Lajos Szaszdi Vargha Taefi Nouri Talabany Yvette Talhamy Raymond Tanter George J. Tenet Ben Thein Bassam Tibi Kenneth R. Timmerman Rachid Tlemçani Jacob Tovy Daphne Tsimhoni Adam Turner Murat Tüzünkan Milena Uhlmann Thomas Uwer David Verbeeten Lorenzo Vidino John O. Voll Arvid Vormann Rene Wadlow Bilal A. Wahab Gabriel Warburg Ibn Warraq Dov Waxman Alexander A. Weinreb Avi Weinreb David Wenkel David H. Wenkel Drew White Jeffrey B. White Mary Jo White Frederic Wiesenbach Mark Wilbanks John Williams Onn Winckler Stephanie Winer Lucas Winter Rebecca Witonsky William Wunderle David Wurmser Meyrav Wurmser Deng Xinyu Atilla Yayla Kamal Yazigi Bat Ye'or Ben-Dror Yemini David Yerushalmi Birol Yesilada Sarah Yizraeli Michael Young Ahmad Yusuf Mudar Zahran Supna Zaidi Moshe Zak Dov S. Zakheim Hillel Zaremba Laura S. Zarembski Joseph Zeidan Ido Zelkovitz Eyal Zisser Marvin Zonis Yale M. Zussman David Zwiebel