Word: koranic
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...class district, they appear to have lived a life involving deepening Islamic practice and community. They had frequent visitors, sometimes as many as 20 at a time, witnesses told the New York Times. The group left their shoes at the door and could frequently be heard reciting from the Koran. They wore traditional Islamic garb, at least some of the time. The men often sat in circles on the floor praying, a neighbor reported. When they caught her watching, they installed blinds. They spoke good German. One neighbor complained about loud Arabic music. Despite Nehm's claims, the German sojourn...
...American flag. Nationwide, American flags have, among other things, become symbols of solidarity, defiance, rememberance. We must hope that they will not turn into symbols of repression and destruction for the millions of Muslim and Arab Americans, many of whom are purchasing and proudly displaying those flags. The Koran reads Assalam AlaykumMay peace be upon you. May it be upon...
What's the deal with the Pink Pony Nude Theatre? According to press reports, a couple of the hijackers spent time at this Florida strip club. They drank vodka and orange juice while enjoying the show. So were these guys really religious zealots? Apparently their love of the Koran allowed them to overlook its prohibitions on drinking and cavorting with women. (Of course, they also overlooked the Koran's prohibitions on shedding innocent blood, a point rightly made by Muslims around the globe who have swiftly denounced the attack.) The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported that one of the hijackers...
...reach extends beyond religious zealots or even those posing as religious zealots to those who are not religious in any traditional sense. Maybe this means that Bin Laden has joined forced with secular terrorists like the kind we saw in the 70s, hijackers who didn't invoke the Koran or the name of God but used the leftist rhetoric of the time. (Remember the Munich Olympics in 1972? I don't think the Koran ever got mentioned as Black September terrorists held and eventually slaughtered the Israeli Olympic team.) Its one of the oddities of this tragedy. And it could...
...original purpose may have been to quiz the great king, but it was the torrid love affair between the wise and powerful Israelite ruler and the mysterious monarch from the south that everyone remembers. Their legendary romance, celebrated in both Bible and Koran, begat epic poetry, Hollywood extravaganzas, musical works by George Frideric Handel and Charles Gounod and, according to Ethiopian tradition, an African dynasty that endured until Haile Selassie was deposed...