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Islam in Bosnia Just as Europeans were being invited to vote in the E.U. elections, Vivienne Walt in her article "Islamic Revival" reminded us of the civil war that this same E.U. allowed to happen in the 1990s [June 15]. It is not surprising that Muslim opportunists took advantage of the situation by supporting the development of their faith. It is important that we Europeans remember and reflect on what happened in the Balkans during the war whenever we go to the polls. Alvin Panjeta, PARIS...
...Pendulum Swings The Islamic revival in Bosnia is classic human nature [June 15]. The Bosnian Muslims had a mainly secular sense of identity but were nevertheless brutalized during the Balkan civil war due to their religion, for there is little else to differentiate Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks. In reaction, the generation that grew up during the horror of the war is boldly reclaiming the religious identity for which they were victimized. At the other end of the spectrum is Iran, where religious observance is declining in the generation that came of age under the Islamic Republic. The young there...
...first report, that 50 or so graves had been disturbed at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill. - the final resting place of civil rights icon Emmett Till and singer Dinah Washington - was grotesque. But by week's end, the macabre tally had grown: nearly 300 graves, possibly more, were destroyed in an apparent grave-resale scheme that took in an as-yet-unknown amount of money. Now questions remain as to how this scandal happened and what must be done to prevent a recurrence...
...Among the cemetery's notable inhabitants is Emmett Till, whose 1955 lynching was a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. Till's remains were exhumed during a 2005 investigation into his death and reburied in another coffin. The original coffin was to be saved for a memorial. Instead, it was found this week in a cemetery garage, surrounded by trash, filled with possums. "For those who did this, take up a casket and crushed it, there remains a very special place in hell for them,"said the Rev. Jesse Jackson...
...liberation of Ghana from colonial rule, in 1957, had its own effect on American history: It served as a source of inspiration for the American civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Ghana on the heels of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and drew hope from the African nation's experience, which Obama noted in his speech. "Dr. King was asked how he felt while watching the birth of a nation," Obama told the parliament. "And he said: 'It renews my conviction in the ultimate triumph of justice...