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...What happened in Fallujah was horrible and definitely not accepted by Islam. Many clerics denounced the murderers and the subsequent defiling of the victims' corpses. Human dignity must be preserved, even that of our worst enemies. Fazlan Muhayyria Luxor, Egypt...
...would not be a burden to the E.U. "but a new stimulus for economic dynamism." Erdogan's desire to join the E.U. is rooted in economics - even the start of negotiations could sharply boost investment - as well as the need to cement democratic institutions in Turkey, where his pro-Islamic ruling party is at odds with the military and security establishment. German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder reaffirmed his own commitment to Turkey's European dream. "You can rely on Germany's willingness to keep its word," he told Erdogan in Cologne. Erdogan can't, however, rely on French President...
...observers deny the seductive brilliance of Swiss philosopher and Islamic theoretician Tariq Ramadan, but disagreement over his true agenda is ferocious. Within the past half-decade, Ramadan has become enormously influential among Muslims throughout Europe. He calls for believers to embrace and practice Islam in a thoroughly modern manner. And he advises Muslims on how they can fully integrate into European societies without betraying the universal laws and values of Islam. A successful author, he sells around 50,000 audiocassettes of his speeches each year in France alone...
Detractors claim that Ramadan's messages are filled with a double language. His followers, they say, can decipher his words as a call to furtively spread fundamentalist Islam in society under the cover of modernism and integration. Critics have denounced as anti-Semitic Ramadan's recent critique of "Jewish French intellectual" reaction to the intifadeh. They were appalled when he suggested last year a "moratorium," rather than an outright ban, on the stoning of adulterers in order to consider the legitimacy of the act. (In 2003, his Islamist brother Hani was dismissed as a schoolteacher after defending the stoning...
Ebadi believes there is nothing incompatible about Islam and democracy. "We can witness the promotion of human rights even under the Islamic Republic," she says. That message has brought murmurs of dismay from young Iranians who demand a radical break with religious rule. Yet Ebadi's relentless fight for justice has inspired hope throughout Iran and well beyond. --By Scott MacLeod