September 23, 2003 | 26 Rajab 1424 Hijriah
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The ClipboardLiberty in the Balance, Part III
In the shadow of the Ambassador Bridge, 24-year-old Sohail Rahim is waiting for a yellow Checker cab that will ferry him into Canada, where he hopes to start a new life. Again. Two years after he fled persecution in Pakistan...
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The ClipboardAmerica puts Iraq up for sale
Iraq was in effect put up for sale yesterday when the American-appointed administration announced it was opening up all sectors of the economy to foreign investors in a desperate attempt to deliver much-needed reconstruction against a daily backdrop of kidnappings,...
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veiled4allahIQ test
I took the Emode.com online IQ test. I would have to pay to see detailed results but it told me that my IQ is 136 and that my intellectual type is Facts Curator, about which it says: This means you...
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The ClipboardAntiterrorism Creed
Everyone knows what threatens the United States -- "terrorism." But what exactly is terrorism? The suffix "ism" is a clue. The dictionary defines it as "a distinctive doctrine, system, or theory." Thus, what we fear are not merely uncoordinated and...
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The ClipboardFirst they come for the lawyers, then the ministers...
But what does "counsel" mean? Attorney Lynne Stewart was charged with conspiring to commit acts of terror arising out of the relationship with her client, Abdel Rahmen. Rahmen was convicted of charges arising out of the 1993 World Trade Center...
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Ma'arij ayah 10
Wa laa yasalu hamimun hamima And no friend will ask about a friend The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: No close friend will ask his close friend about his condition while...
From: A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Ma'arij ayah 9
Wa takunu al-jibalu ka al-ihni And the mountains will be like wool The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Like fluffed wool. This was said by Mujahid, Qatadah and As-Suddi...
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The ClipboardPatriot Act Used In 16-Year-Old Deportation Case
In seeking the deportation in 1987 of Hamide, Shehadeh and six other Palestinian immigrants allegedly associated with the PFLP, the Reagan administration's Justice Department invoked a provision of the Cold War-era McCarran-Walter Act, which barred membership in communist groups. But...
