Lulu Schwartz

Stephen Suleyman Schwartz (born September 9, 1948) is an American journalist , columnist , and author. His background is on the political left , but he now describes himself as a neoconservative . In 1997 he became Muslim , and is a vocal critic of Islamic Fundamentalism , especially in the form of the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam . Schwartz is also the executive director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism .

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Stephen Suleyman Schwartz (born September 9, 1948) is an American Sufi journalist , columnist , and author. He has been published in a variety of media, including The Wall Street Journal . He is the founder and executive director of the Washington, D.C. -based Center for Islamic Pluralism . In 2011–2012 he was a member of Folks Magazine's Editorial Board. He has been an adherent of the Hanafi school of Islam since 1997. He is a critic of Islamic Fundamentalism , especially the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam . E.g., see Schwartz's Intellectuals and Assassins (2001).

( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Stephen Suleyman Schwartz (born September 9, 1948) is an American Sufi journalist, columnist , and author. He has been published in a variety of media, including The Wall Street Journal . He is the founder and executive director of the Washington, D.C. -based Center for Islamic Pluralism . In 2011–2012 he was a member of Folks Magazine's Editorial Board. In 2020, he declared his candidacy for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 3. He is running against incumbent Aaron Peskin. He has been an adherent of the Hanafi school of Islam since 1997. His criticism of Islamic Fundamentalism , especially the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam , has attracted controversy. E.g., see Schwartz's Intellectuals and Assassins (2001).

Lulu Schwartz (born Stephen Schwartz , September 9, 1948) is an American Sufi journalist, columnist , and author. She has been published in a variety of media, including The Wall Street Journal . She served as the director of the "Islam and Democracy Project" and as a senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies , a think tank based in Washington, D.C. She is the founder and executive director of the Washington, D.C.–based Center for Islamic Pluralism . In 2011–2012 she was a member of Folks Magazine's Editorial Board. She has been an adherent of the Hanafi school of Islam since 1997. She was a key figure in the neo-conservative movement that held considerable influence in the administration of George W. Her criticism of Islamic Fundamentalism , especially the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam , has attracted controversy. Alongside fellow neo-conservative writer Daniel Pipes , Schwartz has been a major critic of Islamism ; which she accuses of being the new ideological nemesis of the West after the fall of Nazi Germany and Soviet Union . Schwartz is strongly critical of the AKP government in Turkey , considering it as a hostile pan-Islamist threat and calls for US government to cut ties with Turkey. She has also condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran stating that American academia is under threat of infiltration by pro- Khomeinist state agents of Iran. Schwartz's works have also been a major influence on neo-con factions favoring the severing of Saudi Arabia-US relations , and advocate a tough stance against the Saudi government. E.g., see Schwartz's Intellectuals and Assassins (2001). During the presidency of George W. Bush an idea known as 'neoconservatism' was highly influential. Certainly, many of the ideas implemented by the Bush administration had been articulated over the past two-and-a half decades by neoconservatives..Neoconservatives also held many prominent positions in the Bush administration: figures and advisors such as Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz; the vice president's chief of staff I. The Neoconservative Movement at the End of the Bush Administration: Its Legacy, Its Vision and Its Political Future" . Centre for Islamic Pluralism . Centre for Islamic Pluralism .