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Podcast #251: Tracing the Rise of Radicalised Anti-Zionism on American Campuses

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with author Paul Berman about the lingering influence of ‘Black Power’ advocate Stokely Carmichael, who once infamously claimed that ‘the only good Zionist is a dead Zionist.’

Jonathan Kay

16 Sep 2024 · 29 min read

A Muslim woman in London wearing a niqab, using a mobile phone while shopping on Oxford Street.

The Muslim Choice: Integration or Confrontation

Liberalising trends within Islam are facing resistance from radicals committed to a narrative of victimhood and grievance.

John Lloyd

3 Sep 2024 · 33 min read

A woman in a burqa with Arabic lettering on her headband looks at the camera. Men in the background.

The Problem Is Islam—Not Islamism

The problem here is not a subset of Islamic thought, but the fundamentals of Islam itself.

Obaid Omer

23 Aug 2024 · 5 min read

Salman Rushdie on stage, holding a copy of his book, Knife.

Unbowed but Gravely Wounded

Salman Rushdie’s new memoir, ‘Knife,’ describes the assassination attempt its author survived and offers a moving contemplation of mortality.

Paul Berman

3 Jun 2024 · 15 min read

A Confected Crisis

Valid concerns about anti-Muslim bigotry should not be used as an excuse to appease Islamist fanatics.

Oscar Clarke

1 Mar 2024 · 9 min read

The Genocidal Imagination

Philosophies of human cruelty, from Sade to October 7th.

Pascal Bruckner

12 Dec 2023 · 21 min read

A Different Concept of Death

An interview with author and intellectual Paul Berman about Hamas’s ideology and Western blindness.

Paul Berman

30 Oct 2023 · 7 min read

The Ideology of Mass Murder

Hamas and the origins of the October 7th attacks.

Jeffrey Herf

10 Oct 2023 · 9 min read

Salman Rushdie and the Islamic Punishment for Blasphemy

For centuries, the orthodox Muslim view has been that those who insult Muhammad must be summarily killed.

Gordon Nickel

2 Sep 2022 · 14 min read

Rushdie’s Moral Heroism

The attempt on the great writer’s life illustrates the dedication with which fanatics pursue the objects of their hatred.

The Quillette Editorial Board

14 Aug 2022 · 7 min read

Across the Muslim World, Islamism is Going out of Vogue

Islamism as an ideology may be great at mobilizing people, but this doesn’t necessarily translate towards effective governance, as has been proven again and again