Which militia will benefit most, if any, is not clear—the losers, as always, will surely be the rest of us.
Editor’s note: This article has been removed due to plagiarism. Portions of this article were taken from Hilal Khashan’s article “Why Lebanon’s Sunnis Support ISIS“, published in Middle East Quartlery (Summer 2015) without proper attribution. FPJ strives to maintain a high standard of journalistic integrity and regrets having published plagiarized work. The editor is grateful to a reader for pointing out the impropriety.
Much has been said of The Islamic States violence and videos of beheadings are all over the web. Perhaps our crazy 24 hour news circus should stop going for the sensationalism and jointly cease from the media frenzy. This only annds hype to ISIL’s ill founded cause.
Shame on you, you thief. Do you plagiarize all your work or just this piece? You lifted this article almost entirely from a piece by Hilal Khashan. http://www.meforum.org/5316/lebanon-sunnis-isis
I take that charge very seriously. I have examined Khashan’s article and don’t see plagiarism. I see nothing in Khashan’s words pulled directly from his piece. They are obviously both on the same subject, but their discussion of the subject varies considerably. This piece is written in Lamb’s own voice. Khashan discusses the ’82 war and assassination of Hariri, while Lamb does not, etc. Lamb does cite a few of the same sources–along with sources not cited by Khashan. Lamb frequently cites local news sources, and it is evident he’s done so in this case; they both cite As-Safir as a source, for example, but while Lamb cites it for information about France freezing an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Khashan cites it for information about ISIS in Tripoli. Lamb does use a few quotes that appear in Khashan’s piece. If Lamb verified the citations with the source, it is proper to cite only the original. If he did not, but relied on Khashan’s piece for them, it is proper to cite the work that in turn cited the original source. Lamb does in fact acknowledge Khashan’s work: “As American University of Beirut Professor, Hilal Khashan, has recently reported…”
Spare me. Here are a few examples of this outright theft:
Khashan writes: Like most Muslims, Lebanese Sunnis see
themselves as the victims of centuries of backwardness, marginalization, and
defeat. They tend to favor any signs, however elusive, that signal reversing
Sunni weakness.
Lamb steals: Like most Muslims these days, Lebanese Sunnis
are tending to see themselves as victims of centuries of backwardness,
marginalization, and defeat while searching for signs, or actors, that might
help reverse Sunni weakness.
Khashan writes: A flag vendor in Tripoli explained the popularity of ISIS:
“People … like whoever is strong
Lamb
steals: A vendor in Tripoli’s city center explained the popularity
of ISIS: “People like whoever is strong.
Khashan writes: In fact, since Lebanese Sunnis are willing
to support whoever can defeat their enemies and restore their pride, many of
them find ISIS appealing for quite a few reasons: They have an aversion to
Shiites and feel estranged from the Lebanese state while harboring nostalgia
for the caliphate. Many admire power in any form, and others have a
predisposition to anomic terrorism.
Lamb steals: Lebanese Sunnis are willing to support whoever
can defeat their enemies and restore their pride. Many of them find ISIS
appealing for a number of reasons: the group has a strong aversion to Shiites
and feel estranged from the Lebanese state while harboring nostalgia for the
caliphate. Many admire power in any form and are seeking to regain it.
You are correct. That is plagiarism. Thank you for pointing these instances out. I will publish a note of it and address this with Mr. Lamb.
I trust you will take this down immediately.
Already done.