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...until April 2. It includes a 15th century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the 13th century casket that once held the relics of Canterbury's martyr St. Thomas Becket, as well as rare objects such as a 5th century sandstone head of the Hindu god Shiva and a 13th century Buddhist plaque from Burma, pictured. Pilgrim mores often included leaving behind a symbol of a request - like Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Traveling Hopefully | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

Does the Koran forbid images of the Prophet? Not explicitly, but some passages are interpreted as a ban. The Hadith, a compilation of Islamic traditions, specifically forbids the depiction of God and his prophets--including Jesus. Scholars through the ages have argued that such images encourage idolatry, which is regarded as a grave sin. Shi'ite Muslims make an exception for Muhammad's cousin Ali, who they believe was his rightful successor, so Ali's image is common in Shi'ite areas like Iran and Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perils of Depicting the Prophet | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...time of war, the President has a great degree of latitude granted by the Founding Fathers. Sullivan's assertion that Bush thinks he is above the law or is another King George is beyond ludicrous. Any President would have reacted the way Bush did after 9/11. Thank God the President has discharged his responsibilities in carrying out the global war on terrorists. We are all safer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 13, 2006 | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...seal. He calls the ugly seam where doctors sewed up his arm "my favorite scar." His right ankle, the one he was born with, gives him more problems than his prosthetic ankle. "I could take my shoe off to show you," he offers, "but it takes an act of God to get it back on." Then, while people around us are getting barbecue sauce all over their faces, he relives Jan. 13, 2005, the night he was on a scouting mission, driving a humvee near a railroad yard in Kirkuk, the oil capital of northern Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wounded Soldier Strives to Return | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...illustrators for a book about the life of the Prophet Muhammad. The [eventual] illustrator insisted on anonymity. Translators of a book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali Dutch politician who has been critical of Islam, also insisted on anonymity. Then the Tate Britain in London removed an installation called God Is Great, which shows the Talmud, the Koran and the Bible embedded in a piece of glass. To me, all those spoke to the problems of self-censorship and freedom of speech, and that's why I wrote to 40 Danish cartoonists asking them to depict Muhammad as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Cultures Collide | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

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