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When Hassan Butt, a 24-year-old British Pakistani, enters a curry restaurant in Manchester, an industrial city in northern England, he is greeted as a minor celebrity, the other diners nodding and smiling at him. He is the former Lahore spokesman for al-Muhajiroun, an extremist group based in Britain. Since his falling-out with the group, the British-born Butt has had his passports impounded and is under surveillance. "I would fit into being called a radical, and one day, God willing, even to be called a terrorist, if Allah permits me," Butt says. "This is something...
...Butt says his goal is nothing less than to restore the rule of "central [Islamic] authority'' over as much of the world as possible, as in the time of the Prophet Muhammad and his successors. There is no way to interpret the Koran other than literally, Butt insists, and therefore no room for "moderation.'' If, in the Koran, he says, "Allah says fight, you fight. How can anyone take a 'moderate' view of this?" And as soon as he gets his passports back, he insists, he will be off to do as Allah commands. To his fellow radicals...
...think he's not nearly as smart as they are," says Calio. "Then he sets out and makes friends, and that catches them off guard and ticks people off. Then he starts getting things done, and this guy who is not as smart as I am is kicking my butt...
...Asasma Butt walked up to the entrance of the Lycée Rabelais in northern Paris last Thursday - the first day of school for students across France - she did something she didn't want to do. She removed her black head scarf, a symbol of her Muslim faith. France's new law prohibiting all religious symbols from public schools had come into effect that day, and though Butt, 18, opposes the ban - "taking off the veil bothers me every time," she said - she was submitting to it. It is, after all, the law of the republic. Almost...
...daughter, Coralia, has it down cold. Step One: Stand up. Step Two: Bring your open palms together with as much force as possible. Step Three: Yell, "Bravo Hellas!" Give the Greeks an Olympic-size round of applause. Heaven knows we deserve it. Greece, my charmingly chaotic country and the butt of international ridicule for the past seven years, really delivered. We staged a successful Olympic Games - something the rest of the planet was sure we couldn't do. Practically from the moment Athens was named as the venue, in 1997, folks began predicting we'd make a hash...