This essay is based on an article in Capitalism Magazine on the Web.

Is Islam at Fault? By Warren Ross (October 2, 2001). Website of Capitalism Magazine: in Defense of Individual Rights. "Warren Ross is President of the Houston Objectivism Society and a scientist in the petroleum industry." backup

• Capitalism Magazine Scan the contents. That will give you a sense that the magazine represents a libertarian perspective. Srong emphasis on individualism and individual rights. Conservative in the sense of rejecting any but minimal government role.
• Lists Index Titles of forum groups. About half way down you'll find Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (OPAR). Make the connection: "Warren Ross is President of the Houston Objectivism Society and a scientist in the petroleum industry."

  Note the importance of checking out the website to get a sense of who is publishing this information on the Web. When you are dealing with a magazine or a journal, it helps to link on the About section. Here, I have shared with you information on Capitalism Magazine. This provided enough information for me to conclude that the web publication represents a libertarian perspective. That is, a distaste for government, with a pronounced preference for minimal government provision of services, and a preference for individual undertakings. This position fits with the tenets of capitalism in assuming that individuals and the market are best able to provide for the needs of the people through an individual accumulation of capital and reinvestment of that capital into jobs and production.

  Discuss the reasons for doing this: the way in which perspective enters into bias. The importance of taking the structual context into account, for to the extent that there is "a real reality out there" the perspective would act interdependently with that "reality" to give the results of the perspective's views. So, in this instance, the view of Islam will reflect the views already held (the structural context) by those who form the editorial and writing staff of Capitalism. Knowing their perspective helps us weight the value we want to give to their conclusions. Often we don't accept or reject totally. Often we simply weigh proposed conclusions and solutions, based on our own structural context.