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...American country balladeer Jim Reeves. Rahman's Hindu family was also devoted to a local Muslim pir, or saint, who was a Sufi dervish. Sufis share the same devotion to Allah as other strands of Islam, but none of the rigid stoicism. Instead, Sufis believe the way to God is through vehement, ecstatic self-expression. With such a teacher, Rahman says he can't remember a time when music, and mysticism, wasn't his life...
...Church authorities and John Kerry on issues like abortion [April 5], TIME reported, "For now, theologians say, Kerry's conduct is principally a matter between the candidate and his own Archbishop." As a practicing and struggling Catholic, I believe that Kerry's conduct is a matter between him and God. His Archbishop should have nothing to do with it. GLORIA W. SMITH Eden Prairie, Minn...
...common initiatives taken against racism and anti-Semitism. For that, we are indebted to both of these great spiritual leaders. We can also thank John Paul for taking steps that led toward the historic collapse of communism in Poland and everywhere else behind the Iron Curtain. His belief in God did not diminish his sense of duty toward the worldly well-being of God's creatures. In other words, without the Pope, without his political interventions, the 20th century could have ended differently. That is a measure of his influence on today's world...
...Perhaps Bush is more easily explained. Maybe his certainty is a marketing strategy. Clearly, the President and Karl Rove believe that Americans want a strong, God-fearing, plainspoken leader who doesn't burden them with complexities. That was certainly true in the recent past, as the nation wafted through an unprecedented period of affluence. It may still be true. The President's poll ratings remain buoyant, despite ample evidence in recent weeks that his Iraq policies are trending toward disaster...
...kilo to around $1.34. So Santúrová is stocking up; she is buying 50 kg. "I am afraid," says Santúrová, 65, who lives on a $170-a-month pension. "I need at least 60 kg of sugar to make wine every year ... God forbid I let myself be caught off guard." She also plans to buy at least 10 kg of rice, and already has 10 L of sunflower oil. You might think a war or hurricane was about to hit the region. But the buying panic was triggered by the approach...