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...mice about Satan in celebration of the bombing of the World Trade Center. Then the mouse goes on to say, "Now, brothers, what beloved symbol of the great Satan shall we strike at next?' And the rest of the mice pitch in, "By the beard of the prophet" and "Allah be praised." The comic strip ends with the mouse throwing a brick at a cat, which the author, for some reason, stereotypes as the Intifada...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cartoon Offensive, Perpetuates Stereotypes | 3/20/1993 | See Source »

...Crimson seems to have no respect for all the Muslims who go to school there, who live in the community, or Muslims anywhere. What sort of a meaning could a phrase like "by the beard of the prophet" have, except one of utter disrespect. And why would" Allah be praised" when a building is bombed and innocents are killed? At a time when The Crimson prides itself on being fair and unbiased, how would any Muslim reading The Crimson feel? In the future, I hope that this newspaper will be more sensitive to the view of almost a fifth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cartoon Offensive, Perpetuates Stereotypes | 3/20/1993 | See Source »

...Klux Klan. In the '30s he finds both acceptance and isolation in white foster homes and white schools. In the '40s Malcolm (embodied with potent charm by Denzel Washington) is a rakish dude, running numbers and lording it over his white mistress Sophia. In the '50s he finds Allah in jail and becomes a minister of the Black Muslim faith under the sect's founder, Elijah Muhammad. In the '60s, with the encouragement of his wife Betty, he breaks from the racist Nation of Islam and pays for this social enlightenment with his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Elevation of MALCOLM X | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...argue with their logic -- if you accept their premises. God, Allah, is testing us, and we mustn't interfere. If Kali misses, fine. If it doesn't, well, that's part of Her bigger plan. Maybe we've messed up Earth so badly that it's time to start over. Remember that old saying of Tsiolkovski's: 'Earth is the cradle of humankind, but you cannot live in the cradle forever.' Kali could be a sign that it's time to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hammer Of God | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

...lofty pillars, the like of which were not produced in ((all)) the land." This was also Islam's Sodom, however, a place that God destroyed because of its wickedness. Ever since, warns an Arabian saying, "anybody who finds Ubar will go crazy." And according to an Arabian Nights tale, "Allah blotted out the road that led to the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Arabia's Lost Sand Castle | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

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