Realism in the Middle East.In Ruth Conniff's recommendation of Jeffrey Goldberg's book Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Jew Any person whose religion is Judaism. In a wider sense the term refers to any member of a worldwide ethnic and cultural group descended from the ancient Hebrews who traditionally practiced the Jewish religion. Across the Middle East Divide, she quotes him: "Zionism is no worm-eaten ideology to me. I am still susceptible to the demands of blood and tribe tribe [Lat., tribus: the tripartite division of Romans into Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans], a social group bound by common ancestry and ties of consanguinity and affinity; a common language and territory; and characterized by a political and economic " ("Our Favorite Books of 2006," December issue). She then commends his focus on the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism Islamic fundamentalism is a term used to describe religious ideologies seen as advocating literalistic interpretations of the texts of Islam and of Sharia law.[1] Definitions of the term vary. . A perfect illustration of bait-and-switch--distract attention from the perpetrators' fundamentalism fundamentalism. 1 In Protestantism, religious movement that arose among conservative members of various Protestant denominations early in the 20th cent. by blaming the victims. Art Hilgart via e-mail |
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