Word: islam
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American foreign policy vis-a-vis Algeria has implications well beyond the borders of that former Soviet satellite state. How we deal with the crisis in Algeria sets an important precedent for our dealings with political Islam throughout the Middle East. More generally, our policy sets the tone for our stance on democratization--officially one of the pillars of Clintonian diplomacy--the world over...
...this comes as a shock to Nagla's father, Hamza Sayed Eid, who told police he had never heard of CNN and claimed that he thought he was participating in a documentary on Islam. He also finds the uproar bewildering. As a Muslim, he believes he acted properly...
...government is proud to be hosting a conference expected to attract up to 20,000 participants, including several heads of $ state. Egypt's fundamentalist Muslim sheiks take a different view, however, drawing cheers from their followers when they denounce the meeting as a "Zionist and imperialist assault against Islam...
...dramatic. With a voice vote and show of hands, the N.A.A.C.P. board, with 59 of 64 members present, overwhelmingly decided to oust its executive director Benjamin Chavis Jr., 46, who had been beleaguered by tales of sexual harassment and financial mismanagement. Preparations had been tense, with the Nation of Islam providing security for Chavis even as 200 of his backers demonstrated their support. Earlier some anti-Chavis board members said they had received threats. However, in spite of an hour-long speech in his own defense, Chavis was unable to reverse his fate; board members Hazel Dukes and Joe Madison...
...furious over a $332,400 settlement offered to Stansel without its knowledge. (A similar charge against Chavis by his wife's former secretary was defused amicably last week.) Many board members had previously complained of Chavis' management style and, more significantly, his public embrace of the Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan...