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Founded in the late 1980s by Filipino Muslims who fought with al-Qaeda during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Abu Sayyaf (Arabic for "Father of the Sword") aims to create an Islamic state in the southern islands of the mostly Catholic Philippines. Its bombings, kidnappings and assassinations have killed some...
Causes for Concern Neither U.S. nor Philippine officials are claiming the fight is over. Abu Sayyaf members have vowed never to end their struggle and claim the group is rebuilding. Earlier this year terrorists attempted to bomb soft targets in Zamboanga city. The city's police director, Colonel Lurimer Detran...
It's safe to say there's no page in the Democratic handbook that recommends sitting down with several dozen right-of-center Christian leaders one week after clinching the party's presidential nomination. So the fact that Barack Obama slipped away Tuesday afternoon to a borrowed Chicago law-firm...
Throughout the Democratic primaries, Obama consistently lost white Evangelical and Catholic voters to Hillary Clinton, raising questions about his ability to appeal to those constituencies in the general election. However, two polls conducted in May appear to indicate otherwise - at least in terms of support for John McCain among those...
The Shrinking Democrats I am a Catholic American with an Arabic name and take great offense at the comment you made about Obama's name [May 5]. There isn't any such thing as an "Islamic-sounding name." The language is Arabic. Julie Behlok, ROCHESTER, N.Y., U.S.