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RAFSANJANI We don't want to give the playing ground to the extremist elements. Those who persuaded me believed that a moderating current in charge in the country could improve our relations with the world. I believed in their logic...
...unruliness is being fueled by militant religious political groups, many of which oppose secular education and what they perceive as Western cultural influences. In March, extremist Shi'ite followers of the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr beat up several hundred engineering students in the southern city of Basra. Their offense: attending a picnic at which both sexes were present. Female students have been harassed for "inappropriate" clothing; a majority now wear the hijab, or head scarf, to school-a sharp contrast to the prewar period when Islamic dress was rarely seen on campus. "We see it as our duty...
...which is a natural check upon the ability of one party to pack courts with ideologues. Even more important, the compromise proves that rumors of the death of the political center have been greatly exaggerated; centrists have sent a clear message to Bush pushing for the nomination of less extremist judges. Hopefully, the political center can continue to exert influence over the Senate, changing the tenor and motivation behind the judicial nomination process...
...pace of the book also changes abruptly. After a long narrative section the book suddenly stops cold for 15 pages while it compares passages of the French book and Protocols (which, like most extremist tracts, makes for tediously dull reading.) Subtlety and complexity have been hijacked by good intentions...
Councillor David P. Maher warned against it, noting that several mainstream mayoral candidates could splinter the vote, enabling an extremist candidate...