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...deal with Muslim extremists by “invading their countries, killing their leaders, and converting them to Christianity.” She has said that “not all Muslims may be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.” Referring to the leading prophet of Islam, she states, “To say that Muhammad was a demon-possessed pedophile is not an attack. It’s a fact...
...Paul Quinn-Judge/Moscow IRAN Revolution returns Thousands of university students demonstrated in campuses across Iran, demanding political reform and the release of the jailed academic Hashem Aghajari. The history professor was sentenced to death this month for insulting the Prophet and questioning the clergy's interpretation of Islam. But the students believe Aghajari is really being punished for his outspoken views on reform. Iran's hard-line Islamic judiciary has frequently wielded its legal power to crack down on the reform movement. President Mohammed Khatami, himself a reformist, sought to defuse the latest crisis by declaring the sentence "inappropriate...
...bomb. He was also known to repair mobile phones; police believe such a handset may have been used to set off the bomb in Bali. He was a former hell-raiser who had turned devout in recent years. And, above all, Amrozi was a man with strong ties to Islamic radicals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. His eldest brother co-founded the village's religious school, which then forged connections with an institution originated by Abubakar Ba'asyir, the Muslim cleric who has been described by U.S. and Southeast Asian governments as the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah...
...Taha's fate demonstrates how, in most Muslim countries, it remains all but impossible to reinterpret for modern times a text considered to be the literal word of God. But in France, home to the largest Islamic community in Europe, an effort is in full swing to separate the eternal message of Islam from its medieval cultural baggage. Some of the fruits of that effort can be sampled in Loi d'Allah, Loi des Hommes (Law of Allah, Law of Men; Albin Michel) an extended dialogue in which Muslim sociologist Leïla Babès and Tareq Oubrou, rector...
...more. He is the legitimate President." - By James Carney and John F. Dickerson IRAN Win One, Lose One The battle for control of Iran is intensifying. Conservative clerics fired a warning shot by sentencing to death a prominent reform advocate, academic and journalist Hashem Aghajari, for allegedly renouncing Islam. Aghajari's supporters say his only "crime" had been to call for reform within the Islamic clergy; his lawyers hope to have the sentence overturned on appeal. Another prominent pro-reform figure, Abbas Abdi, was also arrested. But there was good news for the reform movement too: the release...