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...Come on, we are going out to protest," says Aman, now recognizable only by the glasses perched on the outside of her burqa mask. I follow her outside the madrasah gate where a hundred or so black-robed women chant in unison against Musharraf and Bush. A crack, a small explosion, and a cloud of acrid tear gas drifts our way, fronted by a pack of stampeding men. Apparently they tried to occupy the neighboring Environment Ministry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Among the Believers | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...Come on. We are going out to protest," says Aman. I recognize her only by the glasses on the outside of her burqa mask. I follow her outside, where a hundred or so black-robed women chant in unison against Musharraf and his ally President George W. Bush. There's a crack, a small explosion, and then a cloud of acrid tear gas drifts our way. I run back to the gate, losing Aman in a sea of panicking black robes. More explosions, more tear gas. And then gunshots--first from the mosque, then in retaliation from the rangers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard From Islamabad | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

Abdullah, who has an easy rapport with students, issues a quick reminder to sign up for "Super Saturday" review classes and then begins his math-athon with a rousing recitation of the school's declaration of education. "We believe that we can learn at high levels," the children chant. "We believe we can reach our learning potential ... We believe that Blaine will become a high-performing institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix No Child Left Behind | 5/24/2007 | See Source »

...decrying the “creeping Islamization of Europe.” In right-wing magazines like the National Review, theological conservatives (theocons) foretell the end of European civilization due to the continentals’ obstinate refusal to breed. “Demography is destiny,” they chant, and dwindling Christian Europe is about to be engulfed by Mohammedans...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Open the Gates of Vienna! | 5/4/2007 | See Source »

When they caught up with him, about 20 students began a chant of “shame” and called on Gonzales to resign...

Author: By Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Protest Attorney General | 4/30/2007 | See Source »

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