September 09, 2004 | 24 Rajab 1425 Hijriah
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veiled4allah
veiled4allahon sexual morality and the sexual abuse of children
Lawrence of Cyberia has a really good post about the reports of sexual abuse of child prisoners at Abu Ghuraib: Can you imagine even for a second what would be the fallout if there was video evidence of soldiers in...
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The Clipboard
The ClipboardCIA accused over 'ghost detainees'
At the Senate Armed Services committee, the generals said the number of "ghost" detainees may have been far higher than previously acknowledged. These were prisoners held secretly and not notified to the International Committee of the Red Cross, in violation...
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Qalam ayah 28
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona The more just among them said, Did I not tell you to glorify (Allah)? The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: This means "why do...
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The ClipboardGive the Chechens a Land of Their Own
Terrorism is a means to an end: it can be employed for limited ends as well as for unlimited destructiveness. The terrorists who blew up the train station in Madrid just before the Spanish election this year had a specific...
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The ClipboardGuantanamo 'spy ring' case takes big hit
Military prosecutors who accused an Air Force translator at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, of taking part in a spy ring that tried to pass more than 200 secret documents to U.S. enemies now say that only one of the documents was...
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The ClipboardThe Hidden History of CIA Torture: America's Road to Abu Ghraib
Despite torture's appeal as a "lesser evil," a necessary expedient in dangerous times, those who favor it ignore its recent, problematic history in America. They also seem ignorant of a perverse pathology that allows the practice of torture, once begun,...
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veiled4allahlaw firm brings together Palestinian and Jewish lawyers
Here's a nice human interest story: Sana'a Hussien describes her Worth law office as "a little peace process." Her partner, Edward Cohen, views the practice as "a little United Nations." To say the least, the small firm of Cohen and...
