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a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:58:"Blaming Islam - Examining the Religion Building Enterprise";s:12:"thePermalink";s:89:"https://www.islamicity.org/3152/blaming-islam-examining-the-religion-building-enterprise/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:13:"Louay M. Safi";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:91:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/orientalistpainting__1200x400.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:41:"oriental studies|/topics/oriental-studies";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Aug 29 2007";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:15:"August 29, 2007";s:9:"theAuthor";s:30:"Louay M. Safi|/by/louay-m-safi";s:5:"theID";i:3152;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"14 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:199:"Blaming Islam for the lack of democratic and scientific developments in Muslim countries is not a new idea but an old enterprise, rooted in the nineteenth and twentieth century European Orientalism .";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:58:"Blaming Islam - Examining the Religion Building Enterprise";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:89:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=oriental-studies";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:16:"Coercive Utopias";s:12:"thePermalink";s:49:"https://www.islamicity.org/2516/coercive-utopias/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:9:"Tahir Ali";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:41:"oriental studies|/topics/oriental-studies";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jan 6 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:15:"January 6, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:23:"Tahir Ali|/by/tahir-ali";s:5:"theID";i:2516;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:120:"This term coined by National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski names those conditions whereby people are oppressed ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:16:"Coercive Utopias";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:89:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=oriental-studies";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:31:"Reading Lewis, Remembering Said";s:12:"thePermalink";s:63:"https://www.islamicity.org/2162/reading-lewis-remembering-said/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:12:"Salim Rashid";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:41:"oriental studies|/topics/oriental-studies";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 16 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"October 16, 2003";s:9:"theAuthor";s:29:"Salim Rashid|/by/salim-rashid";s:5:"theID";i:2162;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"13 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:185:"The current vogue of Bernard Lewis is somewhat difficult to fathom. Consider the recent book What Went Wrong?; the book has some very definite conclusions stated with urbane authority. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:31:"Reading Lewis, Remembering Said";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:89:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=oriental-studies";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:25:"Scholarship or Sophistry?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:57:"https://www.islamicity.org/7632/scholarship-or-sophistry/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:23:"culture|/topics/culture";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jul 8 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:12:"July 8, 2003";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:7632;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"49 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:159:"It would appear from the fulsome praise heaped by mainstream reviewers on Bernard Lewis`s recent book, that the demand for Orientalism has reached a new peak. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:25:"Scholarship or Sophistry?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:89:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=oriental-studies";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:33:"Is this A Clash of Civilizations?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:65:"https://www.islamicity.org/7616/is-this-a-clash-of-civilizations/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:57:"united states of america|/topics/united-states-of-america";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 27 2003";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"February 27, 2003";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:7616;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"12 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:170:"The concept of a "clash of civilizations" was first drafted in 1990 by Bernard Lewis, a committed Zionist, to describe the conflict between political Islam and the West. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:33:"Is this A Clash of Civilizations?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:89:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=oriental-studies";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:41:"A Predatory Orientalism: What Went Wrong?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:72:"https://www.islamicity.org/1916/a-predatory-orientalism-what-went-wrong/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:41:"oriental studies|/topics/oriental-studies";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 17 2002";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"December 17, 2002";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:1916;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:193:"In an earlier era, before the Zionist movement descended on the heads of unsuspecting Palestinians, the least bigoted voices in the field of Oriental studies were often those of European Jews. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:41:"A Predatory Orientalism: What Went Wrong?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:89:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=oriental-studies";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:61:"Biblical Evidence "Promised Land" Is Not Exclusively for Jews";s:12:"thePermalink";s:91:"https://www.islamicity.org/892/biblical-evidence-promised-land-is-not-exclusively-for-jews/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:17:"Siraj Islam Mufti";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:27:"Palestine|/topics/palestine";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Feb 1 2001";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"February 1, 2001";s:9:"theAuthor";s:39:"Siraj Islam Mufti|/by/siraj-islam-mufti";s:5:"theID";i:892;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"11 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:575:" The Jews often claim that God through Abraham promised them the land of Palestine some four thousand years ago. This Biblical claim has also profoundly affected quite a number of Christian organizations, particularly in America. The late Reverend Alfred Guillaume, Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Studies at several universities in England and the US carefully scrutinized these claims in the light of Old Testament texts that are familiar to all practicing Jews and their supporters. The Biblical account in the following is taken from his recently published study. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:61:"Biblical Evidence "Promised Land" Is Not Exclusively for Jews";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:89:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=oriental-studies";}