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...solemn invocation of death but an everyday expression among Egyptians, murmured at the start of many a mundane task. Suicide defies the holiest precepts of Islam, and for Egyptians it brings unthinkable shame to family and nation. "You can't jump to conclusions from someone quoting the Koran and say this was more than an accident," declared Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prayer Before Dying | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

...illustrates his statement with a passagefrom Surah 5, verse 32 in the Koran: "If anyonekilled a person....it would be as if he killed allmankind, and if he saved a life, it would be as ifhe saved the life of all mankind...

Author: By Alysson R. Ford, | Title: Area Residents Cope With Kosovo Crisis | 5/5/1999 | See Source »

LUCAS: When the film came out, almost every single religion took Star Wars and used it as an example of their religion; they were able to relate it to stories in the Bible, in the Koran and in the Torah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Of Myth And Men | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...issue here somewhere. It is not censorship, since American newspapers have the right to run what they want. Is this another example of religious expression as the only remaining taboo? Or is it that with Christians still the vast majority, the odds of a nationally syndicated strip extolling the Koran are low, and the playing field seems slanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preach It, Caveman! | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...Club" TV show that President Clinton "hit a home run" with the State of the Union Speech -- and that as far as he was concerned, Republicans should take their gavel and go home. As conversions go, it was as if the Pope had suddenly begun reciting the Koran at mass. And it provided even more cover to the growing list of Republicans who are glancing at Clinton's stratospheric poll numbers and nervously looking for the exit. "A lot of Republicans have been saying that sooner or later everyone is going to come around to their point of view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pat Robertson: With Republicans Like These... | 1/21/1999 | See Source »

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