From Taki's Top Drawer, Robert Spence on Allah the Unbound. The Bertrand Russell of Islam: A review of Defending The West: A Critique of Edward Said’s Orientalism by Ibn Warraq (and more). Culture and civilisation: An article on the massive assault on Judeo-Christian values. A look at how "Muslim!" is quickly becoming one of the worse insults to call someone. Veiled politics: More than women's heads are hidden in the French controversy over the hijab, writes Joan Wallach Scott. Preachers to the converted: The persuasive powers of reformed jihadists are being used to “re-educate” terrorists in Indonesia and the Middle East. Do we know enough about terrorism? We know too little about the causes and consequences of terrorism and what we do know is not listened to. A review of Towards Sustainable Security: Alternatives to the War on Terror. From Democracy, Anne-Marie Slaughter reviews World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism by Norman Podhoretz; and whatever happened to the “War on Terror”? Andrei Cherny wants to know; and a look at how the history of the Vietnam War teaches that to preserve American strength and prestige, we must begin withdrawing from Iraq now. A review of Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam. Can a lull in Iraq be turned into a real peace? Must Afghanistan and Iraq be wars without end? No, as recent successes show, but “winning” will take many years, and cannot be achieved by force alone.