Dr. Timothy Furnish, who normally writes on Islamic history and eschatology, joins us to discuss his fascinating new book, High Towers and Strong Places: A Political History of Middle-Earth.Continue Reading

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Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic history, discusses his new book Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate: Ten Years of Observations on Islam, and he explains why the goals of the Islamic State are a return to the values of Muslim states prior to the fall of the Ottoman Empire.Continue Reading

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PRESIDENT OBAMA is not responsible for ISIS. Neither is George W. Bush. Dr. Timothy Furnish, author of the new books Ten Years’ Captivation with the Mahdi’s Camps and Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate, explains why the roots of the Islamic State reach back much farther than America’s recent military adventures in Iraq.Continue Reading

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THE AYATOLLAHS of Iran may not be as eager to use a nuclear weapon, if and when they get one, as we’ve been led to believe. Dr. Timothy Furnish, expert on Islamic eschatology, explains why.Continue Reading

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IT IS difficult to address a problem that one willingly refuses to acknowledge. Dr. Timothy R. Furnish, a consultant, researcher and author on the topics of Islam, Mahdism, Jihadism, Shi`ism, and other Islamic sects, discusses the eschatology of the Islamic State (ISIS) and how its view of end times prophecy directs its bloody agenda.Continue Reading

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