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...closely and honestly at the real reasons behind the scourge of terrorism. If they do not, then self-destruction is inevitable. James Gogo Bonny, Nigeria Manji argued that the extremists' actions are fostered in part by Islamic teachings. Funny, I'm a Muslim, yet I haven't gone and blown myself up. In fact, neither have my relatives or my neighbors. Why haven't the teachings of Islam motivated a majority of Muslims to commit violent acts? Blaming verses from the Koran for attacks upon innocent people is just plain wrong. Shehla Naz Faizi Karachi Return to Hogwarts your report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rove on the Spot | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

BATON ROUGE, La.—The campus of Louisiana State University (LSU) has morphed from a picturesque academic haven to a full-blown refugee center this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LSU Faces Onslaught of Refugees | 8/12/2005 | See Source »

Manji argues that extremists' actions are fostered in part by Islamic teachings. Funny, I'm a Muslim, yet I haven't gone and blown myself up. Neither have my relatives or my neighbors. Blaming verses from the Koran for terrorist attacks upon innocent people is just plain wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 15, 2005 | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...didn't. When I got the job, I knew that the ad campaign was ?Fun Fearless Female,? but I assumed like a lot of good ad campaigns, it was more sizzle than steak. But when I got in and started reading the letters and emails from readers, I was blown away by how confident they are. They feel a very healthy sense of entitlement. They feel if they work hard enough, they can have anything they want. It's so refreshing. The only thing they struggle with today is they've got a lot of choices. What they worry about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Between the Lines with Kate White | 7/30/2005 | See Source »

...icebox, the truck, and this place will be different," says senior man Johnson Kuanu. Some new things, he told them, would be good, including parts of Christianity, and some bad. "He said we had to be careful." Along a winding track leading from the banyan, a wind-blown cliff looks down to where the forest surges to meet the sand. This is where John Frum is believed to have first appeared, and where the sacred stones he left behind are still watched over. When he disappeared at the end of 1942, he promised to come back one day. "People still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Back the Clock | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

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