November 14, 2002 | 9 Ramadan 1423 Hijriah
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veiled4allah
veiled4allahfifteen minutes of fame
To my surprise, Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs was the featured member at Bloglet.com today (screenshot - warning, large image file). It looks like I have a lot of subscribers to A Quranic Journal too (appears to the right of the featured...
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The Clipboard
The ClipboardHow Bill Clinton laid the groundwork for the new police state
But the Bush-Ashcroft Big Brotherism is nothing startling or new. The USA PATRIOT Act, the military tribunals, and Ashcroft's plan to expand domestic spying are only a public augmentation of the well-oiled police state machinery that was already in place....
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veiled4allahwhere does the time go?
I can't believe it, but the first quarter at school is nearing its end. Only a few more weeks to go now. I had an exam on Wednesday of this week, I have another exam next week and a project...
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The ClipboardThe dark history of a military tribunal
Sixty years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision in Ex Parte Quirin, the case that is now the foundation of the Bush administration's plan for military tribunals. Despite the ubiquitous citations of Quirin in the government's...
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The ClipboardAshcroft's Law
Most attorneys general would resist removing cases from the Justice Department and declaring the military to have a superior judiciary. But Ashcroft has become a walking contradiction, more general than attorney. Whereas his predecessors viewed the justice system as the...
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The ClipboardYou Are a Suspect
Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit you make, every...
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah at-Tariq ayah 10
Fa maa la hu min quwwatin wa laa nasir Then he will have no power, nor any helper The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: The Quran emphasizes that on that day,...
