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...unstopped the pens of critics around Europe. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, the Vatican's conservative theologian, warned that admitting Muslim Turkey to the E.U. would threaten the Continent's "cultural richness." French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin pointedly asked in the Wall Street Journal: "Do we want the river of Islam to enter the riverbed of secularism?" Austrian E.U. Commissioner for Agriculture Franz Fischler opined that Turkey was culturally "oriental," geographically "Asian" and that accession would open "a geostrategic Pandora's box." Frits Bolkestein, the Dutch E.U. Commissioner for the Internal Market, said that admitting Turkey could mean that the historic...
...activities as the cause for his detention, though—surprise—they wouldn’t say which charities. Homeland Security’s spokesman commented that “the intelligence community has come into possession of additional information that further heightens our concerns of Yusuf Islam...
...really glad that the intelligence community is concerned about Yusuf Islam, I really am. I’m just a little more concerned about Osama bin Laden and the degeneration of American values...
...fairness, his celebrity and image should have no bearing on how he is treated by our government; if there’s evidence of a link between Yusuf Islam and “the terrorists,” or “the enemy,” then by all means he should be blocked from the country. The profile of his case simply raises the larger question: is this secret evidence, this contrived vaguery, actually evidence at all? According to Yusuf Islam’s personal statement, even he doesn’t know what the charge against...
...worst moment came on Aug. 1 when Islamic insurgents--most likely connected with terrorist leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, according to Iraqi government officials--attacked five churches in Baghdad and Mosul with car bombs, killing a dozen people. While Muslim authorities in Iraq widely condemned those attacks, local Christians say security has continued to deteriorate. Says Layla Isitfan: "If I can't go to church because I'm scared, if I can't dress how I want, if I can't drink because it's against Islam, what kind of freedom is that...