FALL 2009 • VOLUME 16: NUMBER 4

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CLAIMS TO THE HOLY LAND

Robert Spencer, The Qur’an: Israel Is Not for the Jews
Islamic scriptures forbid Jewish rule over the biblical Holy Land

Muhammad Al-Hussaini, The Qur'an's Covenant with the Jewish People
Islamic scriptures confirm the biblical promise to the Jews

DIMENSIONS OF JIHAD

Denis MacEoin, Suicide Bombing as Worship
Religion and culture urge Muslims to prefer death to life

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, The Strategic Challenge of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab
How the Horn of Africa became a base for Al-Qaeda

ISRAEL AND ITS ENEMIES

Daniel Pipes, Peace Process or War Process?
Why current Arab-Israeli diplomacy is doomed to fail

Barak M. Seener, Targeting Israelis via International Law
NGOs use war crimes accusations to undermine the Jewish state

Benjamin A.T. Graham, Nagorno-Karabakh in Limbo
A tiny country strives for recognition

Mehmet Hasgüler and Murat Tüzünkan, Cyprus at a Crossroads
The search for reunification on a divided island

ISLAM AND THE WEST

DOCUMENT: A Saudi View of Orientalism
A Wahhabi professor praises Edward Said

DOCUMENT: The ACLU Takes a Muslim School to Court
Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy v. the First Amendment

CORRESPONDENCE

The Turkish military

REVIEWS

Seth J. Frantzman, Israel’s Right to Exist
The U.N.’s 1947 vote created Israel as a “Jewish state”

Brief Reviews
Al-Qaeda’s words ... Moderate Muslims ... Iran and Russia ... Palestinian militaries

DISSIDENT WATCH

Richard L. Benkin, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Bangladesh condemns a “Muslim Zionist”

Index to Volume 16