Articles by Dan Wolf

By Dan Wolf This article ends the series examining extremism and Islam that began with About that 1% on Extremists and continued in Extremism, Islam,…

by Dan Wolf  In About that 1% on Extremists, we started to look what extremism means and some general attitudes within the Islamic world. This…

Virginia Christian Alliance and Life Church partner to bring Brigitte Gabriel and ACT to Mechanicsville. Citizens eager for information while few pastors and church leadership…

by Dan Wolf We hear it repeatedly from the media, and also from some of our leaders. Extremists are a very small part of Islam,…

by Dan Wolf This article will begin where the last one left off, with the migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina in 622.  The…

By Dan Wolf In a previous article, I discussed some of the events occurring at the end of the Abbasid dynasty that included: a Mongol…

by Dan Wolf This third article on the Abbasids covers the relationship between jihad and dhimmitude, and the development of Islamic law as related to…

 by Dan Wolf As mentioned last time, this article focuses on Islam’s religious doctrines and documents. During this period that Islam’s core beliefs, and the…

The following Op-Ed by VCA Advisory Board Member, Dan Wolf, was submitted to and rejected by: The Washington Post, USA Today, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, and…

The Abbasid Dynasty lasted from 750 until 1258. It was during this period that many of Islam’s structures began to solidify. The Qur’an, hadith, traditions…