Word: islam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...obvious suspicion is that the Trade Center bombing was carried out by a group of Muslim fundamentalist fanatics who regard all moderate Arab leaders as traitors to Islam, and the U.S. as their prime support. Whether these somewhat nebulous suspicions can ever be pinned down, let alone proved, is another matter. Sheik Omar has denounced the Trade Center bombing and claims not even to know Salameh...
...time when Egypt's employment is shrinking, prices are rising, housing is dwindling and the population of 58 million is increasing by 1 million every nine months, the sheik's vision of an Islamic future appeals to many. His exhortations against the Mubarak regime, which he attacks for "spreading vice and immorality" and "trying to eradicate Islamic values," play particularly well to younger audiences. At Cairo University's Dar al Ulum college of education, the vast majority of students embrace Islam, but few seem to endorse the violent methods employed by Al Jama'a. Nonetheless, a student notes, "there should...
...Muhammad and the Nation's presentation of Islam is laced with half-truths and outright falsehoods. To someone not familiar with the actual teachings of Islam, Dr. Muhammad's speech would have been an unfortunate introduction...
Campus organizations and student groups who bring in speakers such as Dr. Muhammad in order to present a diversity of opinions taint themselves with the views of the speaker, damaging any credibility they themselves may have as tolerant and objective organizations. In a few sentences, Muhammad attached to both Islam and the African-American movement for civil rights stigmas of radicalism and racism which they do not deserve...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Afro-American Cultural Center should have been more wary of inviting Khallid Muhammad. And those who listen to him should realize that just as his views do not represent those of the vast majority of African-Americans, neither do they represent those true practitioners of Islam...