September 24, 2003 | 27 Rajab 1424 Hijriah
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The Clipboard
Liberty in the Balance, Part IV
Tim Armstrong served with the 1st Air Mobile Cavalry Division in Vietnam, surviving a mortar barrage that left 33 pieces of shrapnel in his upper body. He is a proud American who remembers the vow he made the day he...
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civil liberties heroes of the day: Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul
In the news: September 24, 2003 House lawmakers seek to curtail anti-terrorism law By Drew Clark, National Journal's Technology Daily Several high-profile surveillance provisions in the anti-terrorism law known as the USA PATRIOT Act would be modified under a bill...
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The Clipboard
Taking Arabs Seriously
Certainly, no amount of dialogue will change Arab opinions about the United States and its intentions absent tangible changes in policy. But just as certainly, changes in policy cannot and will not speak for themselves. Pressing the Israeli government to...
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The Clipboard
CIA created fake mullahs
The CIA paid Mullahs and created fake Islamic religious leaders to preach a moderate message and counter anti-American sentiment in the Arab world after the September 11 attacks, a new book says. In "The CIA at War", Ronald Kessler, an...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Ma'arij ayah 13
Wa fasilatihi allati tuwih And his kin who sheltered him The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Mujahid and As-Suddi said fasilah is his tribe and his kin. Ikrimah said it is...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Ma'arij ayah 12
Wa sahibatihi wa akhih And his wife and his brother The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: No ransom will be accepted from him even if he brought all of the people...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Ma'arij ayah 11
Yubassarunahum yawaddu al-mujrimu law yaftadi min adhabi yawmi'idhin bi banihi Looking at each other. The sinner will desire only to ransom himself from the punishment that day by his children The following is an excerpt of commentary on this...