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The IAMM is a gorgeous monument to the porous qualities of Islamic culture. With its elegant restaurant, storytelling sessions for children and calligraphy workshops, the museum is a neat expression of Islam Hadhari, or "civilizational Islam," Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's campaign to promote a moderate, modern version of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religious Experience | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Eventually, as Donna and her gal pals don trashy frocks to do Abba's greatest hits and a Greek chorus of villagers materializes as a backup group for practically every number, Mamma Mia!'s flouting of narrative and visual logic starts to suggest a cunning subversion. The film is not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take a Chance on Mamma Mia? | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

Civil rights attorneys in both cities have filed motions in federal court arguing that the announced arrangements fall far short of what the Constitution requires. "The Constitution commands the government to treat peaceful expressions of dissent with the greatest respect - respect equal to that of the invited delegates," ruled U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Convention Protesters Get a Jump | 7/13/2008 | See Source »

He was trying to dupe us. The funny thing is, I just assumed that I had understood wrong. My mom, knowing no Chinese, knew immediately from the expression on his face that he was being sneaky. I guess there are some things you can learn from language and some from...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan | Title: A Comedy of Language | 7/11/2008 | See Source »

One encouraging finding: most of the genetic defects identified in the Middle Eastern families were not in the business part of the gene - the part that codes for a critical brain protein. Instead the defects lay mainly in adjacent regions that turn the gene fully or partially on and off...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Clues to Autism's Cause | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

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