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Rola el-Husseini wrote an in depth review of Joseph E. Alagha's upcoming Spring 2007 title The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology in the MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies. The review is in response to recent hostilities in Lebanon amongst Israel's military, Lebanon's people, Hizbullah fighters, and their multifarious supporters.

Rola el-Husseini discusses Alagha's treatment of the linkages among Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah, focusing on the politico-religious concept of wilayat al-faqih, Hizbullah's funding, and the "Lebanonization" project associated with Hizbullah's charitable works. Along with Hamzeh's In the Path of Hizbullah, el-Husseini describes Alagha's The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology as, ". . . especially helpful in decoding the nature of the relations between the Islamic Republic and Hizbullah."

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James Srodes recently reviewed Alan G. Jamieson's book Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflictin the Washington Times. He describes Jamieson's book as, ". . .[A] straightforward textbook in reviewing the history of the conflict between adherents of the two religions. . . ."

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Hispanic Women was recently reviewed on Catholic Online. Sister Mona Castelazo explains the book's goal to describe, "Hispanic women's liberation theology based on lived experience, rather than abstract theories." Sister Castelazo has some questions about the religious correctness of liberation theology, but she values Hispanic Women: "Some of the theology in the book may be questionable, but the overall message—that there are many voices within the church that need to be heard—should be taken seriously."

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Alan G. Jamieson, author of Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict, wrote an editorial for the Monday, September 18th edition of Ottowa Citizen on Pope Benedict XVI's recent quotation of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus. Jamieson explains the history behind the emperor's claim and suggests that the pope's use of the quotation was unfortunate.

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From September 11 to the political battles of American right-wing fundamentalists to the Iraq war and the nuclear stand-off with Iran, the divide between Christians and Muslims has left an indelible mark on lives around the world. This religious, cultural, and political impasse stretches back centuries, and Alan Jamieson chronicles its tumultuous history in Faith and Sword.

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