Word: impiously
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...Little Buddha, parts of which were shot in Bhutan. Then in 1998 he brought a small crew that included several of his longtime Western students to a Tibetan monastery in Bir, India, to shoot The Cup, a film based on the true story of the young resident monks' impious obsession with World Cup football. "Buddhism is their philosophy," read the posters. "Soccer is their religion." The Cup employed not a single professional actor. Most of the characters played themselves, and Khyentse Norbu shot the whole piece without ever fully explaining to the cast members that they were re-enacting their...
...assassination of Afghan commander Ahmed Shah Massoud two days before Sept. 11 was meant to eliminate the Taliban's leading opponent before he could help the anticipated U.S. counterattack. Muslim scholars and clerics around the world were expected to call the faithful to unite in jihad against the impious American army storming the Islamic land of Afghanistan. They had, after all, made a similar appeal in the 1980s after the Soviet invasion...
...safe Internet communication between network members. "These are the people you?d never suspect when attacks occur - the handful of ?sleepers? hiding among millions of potential suspects and victims," the official says. "They all carefully applied the technique taught in Afghan camps: act, look, talk and dress like the impious and corrupt people around, in order to better plan the blow against them...