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10 APR |
Princeton’s Robert George and Islam Muslim Matters writer Jennifer S. Bryson, citing liberal and conservative sources, corrects errant claims that IRD emeritus board member and USCIRF appointee Robert P. George is an Islamophobe.
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09 APR |
Divestment Revisionist The anti-Israel Religious Left has a new target for its fury, and it's not anybody like old nemeses like evangelical Zionists Pat Robertson or John Hagee.
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