{"id":7268,"date":"2010-09-16T00:46:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T04:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=7268"},"modified":"2010-09-16T02:41:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T06:41:05","slug":"islam-comment-a-new-forum-by-alex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/islam-comment-a-new-forum-by-alex\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Comment &#8211; A New Forum by Alex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syria Comment&#8217;s very own Alex &#8211; Camille-Alexandre Otrakji &#8211; has begun<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islamcomment.org\/\">Islam Comment<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.islamcomment.org\/images\/bg-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It includes a stellar line up of essayists:<\/p>\n<p>Sadik Al-Azm, Mona Eltahawy, Hussein Ibish, Marc Gopin, Nasser Rabbat, Hind Kabawat, Wassim Al-Adel, Elie Elhadj, Joseph Helou, Taufiq Rahim, Nabil Beitinjaneh, Ghassan Karam, Hind Obiedin, Tarek Barakat, Jihad Bitar, Ayman Hakki<\/p>\n<p>The first essay question is: &#8220;Should the West Welcome New Mosques? 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