Joel Mowbray publishes in the Washington Times a shocking account of the ties of a powerful professor/institute head at Georgetown University, Professor John Esposito. Headline—grabbing stories about a British—based Muslim academic's public support for "martyrdom" last weekend missed a key detail: His mentor and frequent collaborator is a high—profile scholar who has been consulted repeatedly by the FBI, Professor John Esposito of Georgetown University. Mr. Esposito has long courted controversy — most recently when the Georgetown—based center he founded in 1993 accepted $20 million last year from (and took the name of) a notorious Saudi prince. Yet, the professor has somehow been able to maintain a relatively high reputation in academic and government circles alike. That Mr. Esposito is still largely respected owes to the subtlety of his apologism. He acknowledges that there is radicalism in Islam, and he generally avoids defending the likes of Hamas and...(Read Full Post)