October 23, 2004 | 9 Ramadan 1425 Hijriah
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A Quranic Journal
A Quranic JournalSurah al-Qalam ayah 49
Lawla an tadarakahu ni'matun min rabbihi lanubitha bi al-'arai wa huwa madhmumun If grace from his Lord had not reached him, he would have been cast off on the shore and been disgraced The following is an excerpt of...
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veiled4allah
veiled4allahWilliam Shakespeare, Sufi?
On a lighter note, I found this: The influence of William Shakespeare on western culture has made him arguably Britain's greatest export. Now it is being claimed that his work resembles the teachings of the Islamic Sufi sect. The argument...
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The ClipboardAbu Ghraib team bids to run UK prisons
The American prison company whose director set up Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib jail for use by the US military is bidding to run a number of prisons in Britain. The Utah-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC) has set up a...
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The ClipboardChild soldiers, sex slaves, and cannibalism at gunpoint: the horrors of Uganda's north
War, cannibalism, sex slavery and massacres were supposed to have been consigned to Uganda's past. The country has been touted as one of Africa's success stories, combating Aids and bringing relative prosperity to Kampala. But away from the capital, a...
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The ClipboardThe envoy silenced after telling undiplomatic truths
Two years later he has been hauled back to London and suspended on full pay after "losing the confidence of his colleagues" in one of the most embarrassing scandals to hit the august corridors of Her Majesty's diplomatic corps for...
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The ClipboardNo Direct Evidence of Plot To Attack Around Elections
But five weeks after the effort began, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials say they have found no direct evidence of an election-related terrorist plot. Authorities also say that a key CIA source who had claimed knowledge of such...
