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...whom want their interests protected--will be content with it. And though there is little appetite among Iraqi Shi'ites for an Iranian-style constitutional theocracy, there is a growing recognition that the new Iraq will look more like a confessional state than many in the Administration had hoped. "Islam's going to be in [the constitution], no matter what," says a CPA OFFICIAL. Says an adviser to the Administration: "We don't have to make Iraq look like the U.S. If we get [a stable country] that's more Islamic than we would like, that...
...battle, both of them veterans of the civil war in Sudan. CIA briefers told a group of Senators in Washington last week that fighters who have arrived recently from Syria and Iran are more skilled than those who came earlier in the year. The briefers said Ansar al-Islam, a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda that the U.S. targeted during the fighting last spring, is "reconstituting" in northern Iraq...
...Equality of Belief Michael Kinsley, in his essay "The Religious Superiority Complex" [Nov. 3], wrote about Lieut. General William Boykin's preaching that Christianity's God is superior to Islam's God. I have no patience with people who say their God is bigger than that of others. In fact, it's mere nonsense and maliciousness, especially in reference to Christians, Muslims and Jews, all of whom believe in one God. Religious fundamentalists of any faith who slander and sow hatred against those of a different creed are using religion as an excuse for pursuing their personal worldly interests...
...Iranian Nobelist Iranian human-rights activist Shirin Ebadi, this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, said there is "absolutely nothing incompatible or contradictory about Islam, democracy and political freedom" [Oct. 20]. The people in the West have heard these wise words and will, I hope, remember them. Understanding them is a big step toward peaceful coexistence between Islam and Christianity. Ahmed Mahmoud Namfullah Faisalabad, Pakistan...
...Islam is our raison d'?tre." Abdul Hadi Awang, president of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, calling for the nationwide implementation of Shari...