December 04, 2002 | 29 Ramadan 1423 Hijriah
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veiled4allah
looking ahead...
Today was my last day of classes this quarter. Technically, Monday is the last day of classes but all my instructors cancelled them so we have more time to study

I got to look at a preliminary schedule for...
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Stop Calling Islam Evil
One can legitimately go to war against Iraq and Iraqis because of what the Baghdad government does, since Iraq's citizens have to accept responsibility for their government, even if it is a despotism. The same can be said about Iranians,...
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Bodies? What Bodies?
"Where the hell are all the bodies?" Daniel said. "What bodies?" the officer replied. Daniel and the rest of the world would not find out until months later why the dead had vanished. Thousands of Iraqi soldiers, some of them...
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CIA can kill American al-Qa'ida operatives
American citizens working for al-Qaida overseas can legally be targeted and killed by the CIA under President Bush's rules for the war on terrorism, U.S. officials say. The authority to kill U.S. citizens is granted under a secret finding signed...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Inshiqaq ayah 20
Fa maa la hum laa yu'minun What is the matter with them, that they do not have faith? The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Then Allah reproaches the disbelievers...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Inshiqaq ayah 19
Laa tarkabunna tabaqan 'an tabaq You shall certainly travel from stage to stage The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: The verse "You shall certainly travel from stage to stage" has been...