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...I.S.A., a school set up by the Saudi government in 1984 for children of its diplomats and eventually open to Muslims of all nationalities. The school insists it does not teach intolerance, but many of the religious textbooks once used there had the markings of the Saudi brand of fundamentalist Islam. It was enough to launch Abu Ali on a career in Islamic studies that eventually led him to Saudi Arabia, where he enrolled at a school known for having turned out several militants. Still, his former teachers and classmates swear that he was far from an angry budding young...
...forces to find out which group was behind it; and Palestinian security officials confirmed that the bomber, Abdullah Badran, was a member of Abbas?s own Fatah faction of the P.L.O. But Fatah?s Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militia denied involvement, as did Hamas. Suspicion fell on Hizballah, the Lebanese fundamentalist group, but on Saturday Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Palestinian observers say Islamic Jihad - which like Hizballah gets backing from Iran - may have been pressured by the Lebanese group to claim the attack. Officials say Hizballah wants to kill the trust between Abbas and the Israelis. Abbas didn?t accuse Hizballah...
...contrast, Suleiman Rashodi, a winning fundamentalist candidate backed by Al Awdah, exulted in the outcome. "My friend, this is an Islamic country," he told Time. "Liberals are far from our society. They are like the West." Rashodi calls bin Laden "a good Muslim," though he says he disagrees with his global jihad...
...Demographic differences may account at least in part for this difference—more college students living in Massachusetts, fewer members of fundamentalist religions that ban alcohol,” wrote Henry Wechsler, director of the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Studies Program, in an e-mail. “In addition, it is speculated that the cold winter weather may limit outdoor physical activity, and offer fewer recreational alternatives to drinking...
...wrote about what he saw. I do think it's a story about anti-Semitism, but I don't think it's anti-Semitic. He was saying this is what happens when two cultures don't respect each other and this is what happens when you carry things to fundamentalist extremes. In Being Julia and Forever Callas, your character has to wrangle divas. Any advice on how to deal with them? I ride horses, and I know that if I have something I'm riding that has excess spirit, it is to be valued. I think divas are the same...