Word: fanaticism
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Suicide bombing is a relatively new horror undergoing constant refinement. It was pioneered in the early '80s by Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim extremist group Hizballah, which was inspired by Iran's use of human minesweepers during its war with Iraq. In one assault a fanatic drove a truckful of...
"A fanatic," said Finley Peter Dunne's Mr. Dooley, "is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew th' facts in th' case." On the other hand, there are folks like me who are fanatically uncertain about what God is thinking. I believe in...
Or maybe not. A Spanish investigator said when Yarkas was picked up earlier this month, "his whole aspect changed once he was confronted with what we knew." He says the investigation and interrogation have revealed Yarkas to be "an intelligent, fanatic and cold" leader who brooked no opposition in the...
A seventh detainee is Moroccan and the eighth, Luis José Galán González, is a Spaniard from a wealthy family and a convert to what investigators call a particularly fanatic style of Islam. Last July he went to Indonesia to train with the group Lashkar Jihad...
I am not a fanatic Christian who seeks to warn the public about witchcraft, I merely despise the hype and licensing that Rowling has condoned while hypocritically proclaiming her support of literacy campaigns. Fans will argue that all this commercialism is actually good for everyone, that it reinforces reading and...