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Most people don't have anything on Somalia. It is a hot, poor swath of desert and swamp, sparsely populated by camel herders, mango farmers and fishermen. But in the mental map of Islamic militants, it looms large. The oldest al-Qaeda training camp in Africa, Ras Kamboni, is perched...
Fazul's group allegedly struck again on Nov. 28, 2002, killing 13 people when gunmen attacked the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel near Mombasa, Kenya, and launched two missiles (both missed) at an Israeli airliner in Kenyan airspace. In 2003, staff at the U.S. embassy in Nairobi evacuated for a week...
Concerns about corruption could strengthen the political opposition. The Islamic Party of Malaysia gained control of two of Malaysia's 13 states in 1999 after convincing voters that fighting graft was a fundamental Muslim virtue. The party lost power in one of those states three years ago but is predicting...
Attending a secular university presents difficulties in religious students’ daily routines, but it often also reinforces their faith, student group leaders said at a panel discussion yesterday. The panelists, who represented Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Jewish student organizations, also discussed how students manage to balance religious and...
The Bush Administration is not very inclined to reach out to Tehran, especially as it accuses the Islamic regime of secretly pursuing nuclear weapons with which to dominate the Middle East. But as the White House launches a major Israeli-Palestinian peace effort that will span Bush's final year...