August 31, 2002 | 22 Jumada al-Akhir 1423 Hijriah
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veiled4allah
privacy on the web
In the Newsweek article on blogs, there was an anecdote about a teenage boy whose mom found his blog and wasn't happy about all of what she read in it. This illustrates an important lesson. Unless you password protect it,...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Inshirah ayah 5
Fa inna ma'a al-usri yusra Truly, along with every hardship comes relief The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Then Allah says that with hardship there is relief. This phrase occurs twice...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Inshirah ayah 4
Wa rafa'na la ka dhikrak And have We not raised high your fame? The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: This verse about raising high the fame of the Prophet refers to...
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The Clipboard
Unintended consequences of 9/11
More shocking than those costs are the broad attacks on civil liberties of citizens and immigrants on a scale not seen in a generation or more. The implications are drawn out neatly by my colleague, Itty Abraham: "The passage of...
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The Clipboard
Terrorism or simply war?
Most of what is now called terrorism is, in fact, civil war. Such wars are inevitable when disputes within the nation cannot be solved through negotiation, elections or some other peaceful means. Americans should know; they had a civil war...
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veiled4allah
sigh
While I was visiting with my mom yesterday I was looking at an article in The Economist about Christian fundamentalists and their influence on American politics. I mentioned to my mom that I thought the Christian fundamentalists had some weird...