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Islam

Theater Review: “Unveiled” — An Exploration in Understanding

As a storyteller, Rohina Malik exudes warmth and humanity.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Erik Nikander, Islam, Muslim, New Repertory Theatre, Rohina Malik, Unveiled

Theater Review: “Disgraced” — Relevant, But Soap Opera

Given the rise of radical Islamic terrorism, Disgraced is nothing if not timely.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Ayad Akhtar, Culture Vulture, Disgraced, Gordon Edelstein, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Islam

Book Review: Michel Houellebecq and the Wages of “Submission”

If you’ve recently been mourning the end of the Novel of Ideas—take heart. And dig in, for Submission offers a smorgasbord.

By: Kai Marstead Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: french fiction, Islam, Kai Maristed, Lorin Stein, Michel Houellebecq, Paris Bombing, Submission, Terrorism

Fuse Book Review: A Puzzling Look at the West, Islam, and The Convert

If you are going to write about this very charged subject, the West and Islam, why would you choose as a representative of that great and ancient culture a woman who is stunted emotionally, clearly unreliable, and probably mentally unstable?

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books Tagged: biography, Deborah Baker, Islam, The Convert

Sympathy for a Terrorist?

Salman Rushdie’s latest novel wants readers to fall in love with — or at least feel sympathy for — an Islamic militant.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books Tagged: Islam, Salman-Rushdie, Shalimar-the-Clown, Terrorism

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