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When provided with copies of the piece, though, professors of courses like Foreign Cultures 78: “Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies” made plenty of pointed observations about the author...
Douthat may state that “Understanding Islam” is “parochial” for examining “Muslim-animistic syncretism in Africa” but not the Koran or “the rise of radical Islam.” But Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Cultures Ali S. Asani finds Douthat’s mind just a tad narrow...
...Rashodi believes that Islam and democracy are compatible, so long as elections don't contravene strict Islamic teaching. But this election - in which women could not vote and men were choosing only half the council members, with the rest to be appointed - also underscore the contradictions of U.S. policy in the region. In his State of the Union speech this month, U.S. President George W. Bush lectured the Saudi monarchy, calling for "expanding the role of its people in determining their future." But the trouble with elections is that you have to live with their results. And this one suggests...
...ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Born to humble beginnings, he became a globe-trotting magnate who relished the luxury that fame and savvy brought him. But colleagues say he was also driven by a devout faith and a burning belief that Muslim possession of nuclear weapons would help return Islam to greatness. Just how far Khan was able to spread that vision is a question, says a former U.S. intelligence official, "that still keeps a lot of us up nights...
...Somalia, even the dead don't rest in peace. Masked gunmen, allegedly in league with the powerful Islamic courts in Mogadishu, the capital, recently laid waste to an Italian colonial cemetery. After breaking open the tombs and pulling up the coffins, they dumped the human remains near the city's decrepit airport. The Militiamen now in control of the cemetery have begun to build a mosque there. The first to discover the desecration was a group of children who picked up bones and skulls and took them away as toys. Such horrors are all too common in Somalia...