Word: arabism
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These antics were not only cruel, but also particularly insensitive to Arab culture. Bernard Haykel, professor of Middle Eastern studies at New York University, explained in the April 30 issue of the New Yorker, that the severity of these actions is compounded by the nature of Islamic law, which prohibits homosexual acts. “Being put on top of each other and forced to masturbate, being naked in front of each other—it’s all a form of torture,” said Haykel...
...don’t appreciate this, it’s not because you haven’t been told. It’s because you haven’t been shown. But the Arab world has. For more than a year, while we watch fireworks shows over that river in Baghdad and think that we know what a war looks like, Arab viewers have seen footage of the bodies of Iraqi children who had the misfortune of coming between a bomb and its target. Look closely at American complaints about al-Jazeera, and you will find that most objections...
...scenes of coalition soldiers physically abusing Iraqi prisoners fueled Arab rage and became, fairly or not, symbols of the much-resented U.S. occupation of Iraq. President Bush expressed a "deep disgust" with the crimes and vowed that those responsible would be brought to justice. Six soldiers face courts-martial over the affair, and the officer in charge of the prison, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, has been suspended. Attorneys for the accused say their clients were only following orders to soften up the prisoners for interrogation and that the guards are being made scapegoats. Major General Geoffrey Miller, the former head...
...French attorney Jacques Verges--who won notoriety representing Nazi Klaus Barbie and legendary terrorist Carlos the Jackal--says he, not Rashdan, will be leading Saddam's defense. Hundreds of lawyers have contacted Verges as well, he claims. "I've received a lot of applications--from Italy, France, Germany, Arab countries, from all over," says Verges, 80. "If a trial takes place, I'll call all of them...
...least 10,000 blacks have died since the government stepped up its attacks on civilians last summer; according to Human Rights Watch, in one instance Arab militants loaded 136 villagers into army trucks, forced them to kneel, and shot them. "They say: 'You are the slaves to the Arabs, and you are born for the profit of the Arabs,'" says refugee Abakar Ismail Ahmad, 57. "If you're black and edu-cated, you're suspected of being a rebel, and they shoot you." When the Janjaweed attacked her village last February, Salga Mahadir ran to her son's house...