Word: jalaluddin
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...from being a martyr for freedom and democracy, she chose to live a life of luxury in self-imposed exile - in distant Dubai. Although she was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice, she did little to improve the conditions of the masses, particularly those of women and the poor. Jalaluddin S. Hussain, Brossard, Canada...
...from being a martyr for freedom and democracy, she chose to live a life of luxury in self-imposed exile?in distant Dubai. Although she was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice, she did little to improve the conditions of the masses, particularly those of women and the poor. Jalaluddin S. Hussain BROSSARD...
...Jalaluddin Rumi was, among many other things, a lover of irony, of the odd and absurd juxtapositions that life creates. So it may be that he would have savored the fact that Madonna set translations of his 13th century verses praising Allah to music on Deepak Chopra's 1998 CD, A Gift of Love; that Donna Karan has used recitations of his poetry as a background to her fashion shows; that Oliver Stone wants to make a film of his life; and that even though he hailed from Balkh, a town near Mazar-i-Sharif situated in what is today...
...suggesting it was a way to silence Sari Nusseibeh, the university's popular president. Nusseibeh is a philosopher and peace negotiator who has criticized suicide bombings. IRAN Ayatullah Resigns A senior religious figure resigned his post and issued a condemnation of the way the country is being run. Ayatullah Jalaluddin Taheri had held the post of the leader of Friday prayers in the city of Isfahan for 30 years. Taheri's resignation came as a shock to the clerical establishment that has controlled state power since the Islamic Revolution, in which he played a significant role. In his resignation statement...
...these supposed moderates? Just last week speculation arose that Jalaluddin Haqqani, the Taliban's popular southern military commander and a celebrated fighter against the Soviets, was playing both sides and had journeyed to Pakistan to negotiate a possible role in a broad-based future Afghan government. Haqqani, who was granted semiautonomous status by the Taliban, represents the kind of element the U.S. thinks it can woo: opportunistic leaders or fighters, outside the core group of dedicated followers, who may be just along for the ride. Many of these men, while fervent Afghan nationalists, don't necessarily believe in a jihad...