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...municipality in Kalkilya, a West Bank town, banned a poetry and dance festival in July because men and women wouldn't be separated. A mural commissioned for a public park in Nablus was barred by the city engineer because it "constituted idol worship and is not allowed in Islam." And sometimes the conflicts turn ugly. The town's rebirth extends to the culinary arts: Ramallah has 20 top-class restaurants, all better than anything else in the West Bank or Gaza, including five that have opened just in the last six months. But restaurateurs can't always shut out politics...
...into his plot to attack the World Trade Center. His visitor was a burly young Jordanian, bruised and furious after spending six years inside his country's worst prisons. Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi had traveled to Afghanistan with a proposal for the al-Qaeda chief: he wanted to rally Islam's "true believers" to rise up against corrupt regimes in the Middle East. Bin Laden was skeptical. While al-Zarqawi advocated a war on all fronts, bin Laden was fixated on attacking the U.S. and Israel. He was unsure whether the abrasive, ambitious al-Zarqawi would make a reliable lieutenant...
...headscarves in public schools or by opposing the war in Iraq? That is not appeasement; that is self-interest. Like all other multicultural nations, France will have to effectively integrate minorities into its mainstream society. The problem is an internal socioeconomic one, and it has nothing to do with Islam or the broader problems of the Middle East. Murad Elsaidi Little Rock, Arkansas...
...that strictly bars young girls from wearing Muslim head scarves in public schools? That is not appeasement; that is self-interest. Like all other multicultural nations, France will have to effectively integrate minorities into society. The problem is an internal socioeconomic one, and it has nothing to do with Islam or the broader problems of the Middle East...
...French person living in the U.S., I want to point out that those who believe that all the rioters in France are Muslim are mistaken. The protesters are a mixed population of immigrants. Many are Muslim, some belong to religions other than Islam and some are not religious. What is happening in France has nothing to do with Muslim extremism or al-Qaeda. The riots are the result of France's failure to absorb and integrate its immigrant population. Period...