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Somalia is much on the minds of those fighting terrorism these days. On Feb. 1, Sheik Fuad Mohamed Shangole, a leader of an Islamist group known as al-Shabab (the Youth), which is fighting for control of the nation on the Horn of Africa, made a public declaration of allegiance to Osama bin Laden. If that summons memories of the old relationship between the Afghan Taliban and bin Laden, it should. Both Somalia and Afghanistan have been at war for more than a generation. Both wars have followed a similar progression: a toppling of the central government that was followed...
...really nice people to work with, but with whom you don't feel any emotional connection. You have to constantly turn inward, and your circle becomes smaller and smaller." Navigating the gap between a European workplace and the expectations of a migrant community can be intensely stressful, says Fuad Nahdi, a commentator and consultant on Muslim issues to Blair's government: "In terms of alienation, nothing succeeds like success." For Muslims who have made it, the loneliness of the corner office can be a cold contrast to the camaraderie of the mosque...
...happen outside the walls of the Green Zone since many of them are on insurgent hit lists. After the cafeteria bombing, it's doubtful that any of the same officials would take part in such an exposed activity. Baghdad's sectarian hatreds have seeped inside the walls as well. Fuad Saeed, the Sunni imam of the biggest mosque in the Green Zone, has made gestures of religious unity, handing out to Shi'ite worshippers the coin-size holy clay tablets used by Shi'ites when they pray. He once even prayed with his hands straight down, a distinction...
...Meanwhile, apart from the graveyard explosion, and ocasional fistfights between Serbs and Muslims in ethnically mixed villages, the fiery words remain just that - words. "As usual, people retained much more common sense than the politicians," says Fuad Kovacevic, the editor of Onasa news agency in Sarajevo. "Almost everybody here is old enough to remember the war, and nobody wants it back." Slavo Kukic, a sociology professor in Mostar, agrees. "I'don't think it could happen again," he says. "After the first shot, everybody would just run away to the far corners of the world. We've been through hell...
...could get all of what it wants from a cease-fire. Still, there was no symmetry in the responses to the plan from the protagonists: While Israeli leaders are generally satisfied with the proposal, Lebanon and Hizballah complain that it imposes an unacceptable outcome. U.S.-backed Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora denounced the proposal in an emotional address to Arab diplomats in Beirut on Monday, warning that it could not end the violence...