Word: islam
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...bill to cut them loose. Later, as an official with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Williams worked to bring developers into struggling neighborhoods--neighborhoods sometimes suspicious of a bean counter wearing a bow tie. (Williams adopted the bow tie because he liked the look of a couple of Nation of Islam guys who worked in the office--though he says the choice was strictly sartorial, not religious.) Still later, when Williams worked at St. Louis' Community Development Agency, two black businessmen angry with his handling of their contracts sent him to the emergency room. They yelled "Uncle Tom!" as they busted...
...Iran's Islamic fundamentalist rulers have a beef with their Afghani counterparts -- so much so that Tehran on Tuesday sent 70,000 troops to play war games on the border between the two countries. Tensions are running high since 11 Iranian diplomats disappeared after the ruling Taliban seized an opposition stronghold. Tehran also has a longstanding loyalty to the beleaguered anti-Taliban opposition. "Iran and the Taliban are deeply suspicious of each other," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. Iran's Shiite Muslim tradition is at odds with the Taliban's extreme Sunni interpretation. "The Iranians view...
Conferences in the series studied ten world religions--Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism, Jainism and indigenous traditions--as they relate to ecology...
...Congressional Black Caucus Foundation: each reportedly received a $250,000 donation. Few people asked where the money came from; even fewer returned it. The currying of favor continued under the brutal reign of Abacha. During that time, all manner of prominent African Americans from Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to delegations of clergymen, newspaper publishers and businessmen accepted government-sponsored tours of Nigeria, then sang the dictator's praises...
SEMINAR TOPICS This year Davos was a marathon of meetings on such topics as "Governing Globalization" and "Islam in the 21st Century." Hillary Clinton brought the house down with a determined and charming closing speech, delivered as Monica Lewinsky was exploding onto the Washington scene back...