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August 15, 2004 | 28 Jumada al-Akhir 1425 Hijriah

From: veiled4allah veiled4allah

Muslim roots of the blues

Sylviane Diouf is the author of the book "Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas", which I reviewed last November. Currently, she's lecturing on Arab-Islamic influences on the African musical styles that, when brought to America by slaves,...

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From: veiled4allah veiled4allah

another tragic chapter in Africa's history

The BBC reports that Germany has acknowledged that its conquest of Namibia and crushing of the Herero uprising in 1904 was genocide. Another BBC article, from back in 2001, gives the history of the German colonization of Namibia: On 2...

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British terrorist suspect list deeply 'flawed'

British intelligence agencies have drawn up a list of around 100 Islamist activists they suspect are involved in terrorist activities in the UK, The Observer can reveal. The security authorities are on high alert following a month of warnings and...

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