Timothy Furnish, Author at The Stream

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Timothy Furnish

Timothy Furnish holds a Ph.D. in Islamic, World and African history (Ohio State, 2001). He is a former U.S. Army Arabic linguist and, later, civilian consultant to U.S. Special Operations Command. He’s author of books on the Middle East and Middle-earth; history professor; and sometime media opiner (as, for example, on Fox News Channel’s “War Stories: Fighting ISIS”). He currently writes for and consults The Stream on International Security matters.

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History, Opinion, World Religions | 4 years ago

We Didn’t Start Islam’s Fire. But Can We Put It Out?

We woke up Friday morning to learn that ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi “al-Qurayshi” was dead. U,S, Special forces tracked him down in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. He then detonated his suicide vest. On TV, President Biden referred to him…