July 05, 2003 | 5 Jumada al-Awwal 1424 Hijriah
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The Clipboard
The ClipboardFear of a Black 'Street' Army
After 30 years of fine-tuning the all-volunteer military, the Pentagon has finally gotten the perfect demographic mix, the human resources that uniformed brass and corporate civilian war planners believe will establish a New American Century in every corner of the...
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Muzzammil ayah 18
As-sama'u munfatirun bi hi kana wad'ahu mafa'ulan The heaven will be cleft on that [day] and His promise will be accomplished The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: The promise of this...
From: A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Muzzammil ayah 17
Fa kayfa tattaquna in kafartum yawman yaj'alu al-wildan shiba So how will you shield yourselves, if you rejected [truth], on a day that will make then children grey-haired The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from...
From: A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Muzzammil ayah 16
Fa asa firawna ar-rasula fa akhadhnahu akhdhan wabila But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger so We seized him with a severe seizing The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: [People] should beware of...
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veiled4allah
veiled4allahMuslim cryptographer
Al-Kindi, Cryptography, Code Breaking and Ciphers - This fascinating article describes the contributions of Muslim mathematician al-Kindi (d. 866 C.E.) to the science of cryptography....
From: veiled4allah
veiled4allahMuslim voices 6/28 to 7/5
Abu Saleem (Abdullah) draws an interesting parallel between a children's story and the situation of the Arabs in the Middle East. Auliya posts some reflections about Allah. Aizuddin Danian opens a discussion about a blogger's liability under Malaysian law for...
From: The Clipboard
The ClipboardAnother backward step for human rights
The fundamental flaws of this process include: - The Military Order is discriminatory. US nationals will not be tried by military commission, even if accused of the same offence as a foreign national. Under the Order, selected foreign nationals will...
