September 09, 2003 | 12 Rajab 1424 Hijriah
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The Clipboard
Two years, still no answers
This week, there will be plenty of soft-focus, warm, fuzzy human interest stories recalling the heroism of 9/11. That's fine and well, but some hard questions also need to be asked -- questions that should have been asked of the...
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The Clipboard
A Tale of Two Septembers
September 11th marks the second anniversary of the aerial attack by terrorists that killed 2,700 people and profoundly changed American society. September 11th also marks the anniversary, in this case the thirtieth, of the aerial attack by terrorists that led...
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The Clipboard
Rethinking Homeland Security
Are we at risk for future terrorist attacks? Since the 2001 attacks about two dozen cases have been brought against alleged terrorists in Buffalo, Seattle, Chicago, Oregon, Northern Virginia, Tampa, and Detroit. In reading the indictments and plea bargains of...
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The Clipboard
An Ounce of Detention
The administration's domestic and foreign-policy preventive strategies share three common features. First, they rely on double standards. Most of the government's domestic incursions on fundamental rights have been targeted at foreign nationals, including the detention of more than 5,000 noncitizens...
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veiled4allah
learning about the interactions of Islam and Buddhism
Following up on my post yesterday about Islam in Tibet, I've been browsing an e-book called The Historical Interaction Between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures Before the Mongol Empire. It is a fascinating read and I recommend it to anyone...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah Nuh ayah 5
Qala rabbi inni da'wahtu qawmi laylan wa naharan He said: O my Lord, I have called my folk night and day The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Nuh complained due to...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah Nuh ayah 4
Yaghfir lakum min dhunubikum wa yuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi idha jaa laa yuakhkharu law kuntum ta'lamoona So that He may forgive your sins and give your respite for specific term; when the term set by Allah...