October 23, 2002 | 16 Shaban 1423 Hijriah
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The Clipboard
Indonesia's State Terrorism, and Australia's Role
This was only the latest in Australia's long complicity with state terrorism in Indonesia, which makes a mockery of the self-deluding declarations last week that Australia had "lost its innocence" in Bali. Certainly, few Australians are aware that not far...
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The Clipboard
Tell me again why the U.N. inspectors left Iraq?
The U.N. orders its weapons inspectors to leave Iraq after the chief inspector reports Baghdad is not fully cooperating with them. -- Sheila MacVicar, ABC World News This Morning, 12/16/98 To bolster its claim, Iraq let reporters see one laboratory...
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veiled4allah
legal tidbits
Today in my Civil Procedures class we had two court reporters as guest speakers. It was really fascinating to watch what they did. What they type into the machine is a kind of shorthand that is completely undeciperable to an...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Ghashiyah ayah 3
'Amilatun nasibah Laboring weary The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Once Umar burst into tears after seeing a monk. When the people with him asked him why he was crying, he...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Ghashiyah ayah 2
Wujuhun yawma'idhin khashi'ah Some faces that day will be humiliated The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: On that day, many people will be humiliated, despite their hard work in the world...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Ghashiyah ayah 1
Hal ataka hadithu'l-ghashiyah Has there come to you the narration of the Overwhelming? The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Al-Ghashiyah literally means "the overwhelming". This is one of the names of...
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The Clipboard
Fight Terrorism Fairly
To the prosecution, they are a terrorist "sleeper cell." To the defense, they are five idealistic but misguided young men who found themselves in a Qaeda training camp but never intended to further terrorism. Where the truth lies is the...