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...newly aggressive wave of Evangelicals and the newly sensitive situation in the Middle East, the shoe may be on the other foot: the missionaries may actually affect the way the Muslim world understands America. Much was made of Franklin Graham's strange triple role as Islam basher ("a very evil and wicked religion"), Bush Administration favorite (he preached a Good Friday service at the Pentagon) and would-be provisioner of aid and the Gospel to the newly liberated nation. But Graham is just part of the Iraqi missionary wave, made up not only of nonproselytizing mainline charities but also...
This sort of language perturbs Wake Forest's Kimball, who recently wrote the book When Religion Becomes Evil. "This is an area that lives with a history of crusades and in the shadow of colonialism," he says. "The image of an overwhelming military power coming in already provokes major questions about deeper U.S. intentions. If you add an aggressive missionary presence, it will be easy to see this as a kind of American Christian triumphalism." Says Azzam Tamimi, director of the London-based Institute of Islamic Political Thought: "Wherever I go, people say, 'Haven't you heard about American missionaries...
...first four years at Hogwarts, Harry often clashes with a hated professor, but headmaster Albus Dumbledore looks after him and the school institution is on his side. Not to worry, though. It all changes in Book V, as Harry must fight an evil school bureaucracy—in the form of a new professor turned government-appointed “High Inquisitor of Hogwarts”-turned-headmistress...
...deep freeze, and instead plans to draw Iraqis into a much slower process of consultation over a new constitution. That, of course, leaves the occupation authority without an Iraqi face, which further inflames nationalist passions - but managing an occupation mission such as Iraq invariably throws up mostly lesser-evil choices...
Your account of the atrocious behavior of the Hussein brothers showed that they were more brutal and evil than I ever could have imagined. How this family could hold sway over a country of more than 20 million is hard to understand. The continuing pain that Uday experienced from the attempt on his life was well deserved. How this demonic family could have escaped retaliation for so long remains a mystery. BILL KRIEG Fairport...