December 03, 2004 | 20 Shawwal 1425 Hijriah
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A Quranic Journal
Surah al-Mulk ayah 25
Wa yaquluna mata hadha al-wa'du in kuntum sadiqina And they say: When will this promise come, if you are honest? The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Meaning, 'when will this gathering...
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U.S. Free-Trade Deals Include Few Muslim Countries
But Bahrain, an island nation with a population of 678,000, is an exception in securing access to the giant U.S. market. Excluding oil, imports from Muslim countries have increased by just 3.2 percent since 2000, their growth suppressed by tariffs...
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Is This American?
Quoted in full because I can't pick just one part to excerpt. Ivins expresses my feelings perfectly. It is both peculiar and chilling to find oneself discussing the problem of American torture. I have considered support of basic human rights...
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veiled4allah
young, Muslim, and British
Thanks to an email tip from George, I found a special section by the British newspaper The Guardian about young Muslims in the UK. The Guardian held a conference with 100 young British Muslims and has a large number of...
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PR Meets Psy-Ops in War on Terror
These efforts have set off a fight inside the Pentagon over the proper use of information in wartime. Several top officials see a danger of blurring what are supposed to be well-defined lines between the stated mission of military public...
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U.S. Can Use Evidence Gained by Torture
Statements produced under torture have been inadmissible in U.S. courts for about 70 years. But the U.S. military panels reviewing the detention of 550 foreigners as enemy combatants at the U.S. naval base in Cuba are allowed to use such...
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Man on a mission
Update 12/10: Looks like Kerik is out (also here and here), supposedly because "questions have arisen about the immigration status of a housekeeper and nanny he employed". Quite so. In the first weeks after the US invasion of Iraq last...