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December 2022

December 17, 2022

“The beginning of the end of death’s dominion”

I spoke today at the U.S. Hazara Conference 2022, which was held in...

April 2021

April 23, 2021

Addendum 5: Founding the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative at BYU (Part 1)

*** The news, when it first arrived early Friday afternoon, was uncertain. ...

March 2021

March 07, 2021

Addendum 3: Some English Loanwords from Arabic and Persian

In both editions of my book Abraham Divided, I devoted several pages to...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

Addendum 2: Some notes on religion in pre-Islamic Iran

For my revised and expanded book on the Middle East for a Latter-day...

February 14, 2021

Addendum 1: A First Pass at Some Notes on Pre-Islamic Persia

For the ongoing revision of my book on the Middle East for a...

October 2020

October 23, 2020

Revision 6.18 “The United Nations Plan,” plus a bibliography on Latter-day Saints and Islam

There were serious clashes between Arabs and Jewish settlers throughout the 1920s and...

October 22, 2020

Revision 6.17 “The Balfour Declaration”

Despite numerous dissenting voices, the political Zionist movement began to gain momentum during...

October 18, 2020

Revision 6.10a “The West achieves dominance” (addendum)

It's commonly believed among Muslims that the Qur’an cannot be translated. Not that...

October 11, 2020

Revision 6.7 “Gunpowder Empires” (B)

The Ottomans had yet another military asset that served them well. That was...

October 10, 2020

Revision 6.6 “Gunpowder Empires” (A)

The Period of the Gunpowder Empires (1500-1800) As might be guessed from...

October 09, 2020

Revision 6.5 “Setbacks and Advances” [Needs Considerable Expansion]

As the Arabs declined, however, new Islamic powers were on the rise. Prominent...

October 08, 2020

Revision 6.4 “Of Mamluks and Mongols”

In time, the Turkish overlords of the Arab world lost their grip on...

October 07, 2020

Revision 6.3 “Mamluks and the Problem of Political Succession”

Saladin established a dynasty in Egypt and Syria, but it never quite measured...

October 05, 2020

Revision 6.2 “Meet the Middle Periods”

Overall, it can be said that the principal characteristic of the Middle Periods...

October 05, 2020

Revision 6.1 “Decline and Response, ‘Party Kings’ and Crusaders”

My manuscript now begins to treat what I call, following Marshall G. S....

September 2020

September 25, 2020

Revision 5.12 “What the West Owes the East” (Take Two)

In the ninth century, translation from Greek into Arabic developed rapidly. Since possibly...

September 24, 2020

Revision 5.11 “What the West Owes the East” (Take One)

In the meantime, an immensely rich civilization—rich in every way—had been created. A...

September 23, 2020

Revision 5.10 “The Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate”

But the emphasis of the ‘ulama’ on law and on behavior came, in the...

September 22, 2020

Revision 5.9 “Enter the Abbasids”

In the middle of the eighth century, a revolt commenced in far-off Khurasan,...

September 14, 2020

Revision 5.1 “The Emergence of Classical Arabic Civilization”

Classical Arabic Civilization The late Marshall G. S. Hodgson, one of the greatest...

July 2020

July 17, 2020

Revision 1.15 “Jerusalem, Byzantines, and Persians”

Some Jews were martyred, some hid in caves and deserts in order to...

January 2020

January 10, 2020

If we’re provoked again, should we target the cultural treasures of Iran?

It seems that the crisis that loomed following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani (قاسم...

January 02, 2020

“Thursday Appointment”

I apparently should have given them a title, but I didn't. So we...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

Why in the world go to Iran?

Why, a reader of a previous entry asks -- yes, this blog has...

April 01, 2019

“Neurosexism,” with a note on gendered pronouns

In some respects, it seems obvious to me, we live in an increasingly...

March 2019

March 09, 2019

Iran 3: Shopping in Tehran

Two friends and I wanted to visit the bazaar in Tehran while we...

March 02, 2019

On Mani and Manichaeism

Bill Hamblin and I published this article in the Deseret News very nearly...

March 10, 2018

Decline and Response

My manuscript now begins to treat what I call, following Marshall G. S....

March 05, 2018

What the West Owes the East (Part 14)

A bit more fun with words: Changing gears, it is worth noting...