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...that rarest of blends in the Islamic world: A deeply religious man with a talent for the rough and tumble of democratic politics. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says John Esposito of Georgetown University, is a "bridge builder." Before he came to power in 2003, Erdogan's opponents warned that his devout Islamic beliefs would spell trouble. But as Prime Minister, Erdogan has kept religion off the agenda. He banned alcohol in city-run cafes while mayor of Istanbul, and yet as Prime Minister has done nothing to limit drinking. During his election campaign, he spoke of the injustice of laws banning...
...Shah's era, Ebadi had been one of Iran's first woman judges. A devout Muslim, she supported Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's revolution against the Pahlavi dynasty, only to find herself out of a job under the Islamic regime. That sparked a long battle against Iran's clerics for women's equality and rights for children, workers, artists and others. Though Ebadi is careful to push for change within the law, that has not kept her out of trouble. In 2000 she spent 23 days in prison, and she has received regular death threats...
...fighting," says Rudy Salud, a Manila-based boxing manager and former secretary-general of the World Boxing Council (WBC). "He fought like a mad dog. He was rather wild out of the ring, too." Pacquiao admits he drank and gambled in those days after he temporarily abandoned the devout Catholic faith he was raised in. "I lost that for a while when I came to Manila," Pacquiao says. "But God was always looking...
Polls consistently show that Americans prefer their leaders to be religious, and in running to unseat the most openly devout President in recent years, Kerry has at times put a pious cast on his own rhetoric. In a speech at a Mississippi church on March 7, he said Bush does not practice the "compassionate conservatism" he preaches, and quoted James 2: 14, "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds...
Founder Moshe S. Davis ’06 said he founded the group to provide a forum for discussing the obstacles devout students face at a secular college...