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...maintain a low profile, but as the Dhahran bombing and the one in Riyadh that preceded it both tragically indicate, the presence of U.S. soldiers incites radical Islamists. Many Arabs who are not extremists are also offended by the American military, which they view as an infidel force occupying Islam's holy land. U.S. troops further provoke internal agitation because they are seen as props for authoritarian and corrupt regimes...
...immensely erudite chronicle Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths (Knopf; 427 pages; $30), Karen Armstrong, British author of the best-selling A History of God, delineates how, quite literally, the stones of Jerusalem came to embody the deepest faith and identity of the three religions of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. In so doing, even in a determinedly nonpolemical book, she arrives at some suggestive ideas about who should rule Jerusalem today...
...influence." In fact, Franklin has been relatively quiet about what he hopes to do with the ministry, bowing in part to Billy and in part to other board members. He will admit to wanting to reach out more to the inner city ("We're losing in this country to Islam") and to make the crusades' musical component less churchy and more accessible. (The Quick and the Dead, a Christian punk band, has played at one of his crusades, singing: "I'll dress like a woman. Bare my butt. But sometimes I wish I was me.") But his general approach...
...Laden returned home to discover that he had become a celebrity. But his star appeal swiftly faded when he began denouncing the Saudi regime. The government had already come under criticism from Muslim activists for its corruption and its failure to adhere strictly to Islamic law. All these failings offended bin Laden. But the real apostasy was King Fahd's decision to allow Western troops into the kingdom during the Gulf War. In bin Laden's view, armed infidels in the holy land were a desecration of Islam. After publicly criticizing the regime and becoming the target of a harassment...
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: A bomb exploded on a crowded bus, killing at least 40 people heading home for Eid al-Adha,Islam's most holy day. At least 26 others were injured in the blast, some seriously. No group has yet taken responsibility, says TIME's Ghulam Hasnain, but groups opposed to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government are likely behind the incident. Sunday's blast follows a string of passenger bus explosions in Lahore during the last year. Many of these acts have been attributed to internal sectarian rivalry, says Hasnain: "In last few months, there has been a gradual...