Word: badawi
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...November party conference of Malaysia's ruling political party, the United Malays National Organization, during which one delegate spoke of his willingness to bathe in blood to defend the Malay race and religion. By December, the atmosphere was so tense that Malaysia's usually understated Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi called race relations "brittle"-even though a few weeks before he had defended his nation's reputation, telling TIME: "At the end of the day, Malaysia is still well regarded internationally as an advanced Muslim country." Indeed, earlier in the year, Abdullah appeared so confident about his homeland's spiritual...
...Chinese parents today send their kids to Malay-dominated government elementary schools, compared with more than 50% two decades ago. The trend is only slightly less stark for Indian children. Indeed, the ethnic separation has gotten so bad that in December, Malaysia's usually understated Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi labeled race relations ?fragile...
ESCAPED. JAMAL AL-BADAWI, 36, al-Qaeda operative sentenced to death for masterminding the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, which killed 17 sailors; from a Yemeni prison, along with 22 other convicts; through a 460-ft. tunnel officials said was dug by inmates as well as conspirators outside the prison; in Sana'a. The carefully planned escape raised questions about whether al-Badawi, who broke out of another Yemeni jail in 2003 and was recaptured 11 months later, had assistance from Yemeni officials...
...ESCAPED. JAMAL AL-BADAWI, 36, al-Qaeda operative sentenced to death for masterminding the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, which killed 17 sailors; from a Yemeni prison, along with 22 other convicts; through a 140-m tunnel officials said was dug by inmates as well as conspirators outside the prison; in Sana'a. The carefully planned escape raised questions about whether al-Badawi, who broke out of another Yemeni jail in 2003 and was recaptured 11 months later, had assistance from Yemeni officials...
...DIED. DR. ZAKI BADAWI, 84, founder and principal of Britain's Muslim College and the country's most respected Islamic scholar; in London. Egyptian-born Badawi pioneered inter-faith dialogue in the U.K. and promoted a British form of Islam compatible with Western life. A critic of terrorism and defender of women's rights, Badawi would be remembered, in the words of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as "a wonderful mix of spirituality and practicality...