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...West, Buddhism is often thought of as spirituality lite, the equivalent of golf to rougher contact sports-except with a better sartorial sense. Certainly, the saffron and burgundy robes, the serene statuary, all paint an exotic picture that brings to mind harmless, crystal-wearing Californians rather than religious fanatics. Our image of a clash of civilizations does not include renegade Buddhist monks. Nevertheless, we should be every bit as worried about the protest marches in Bangkok as those in other countries with different faiths, because the Thai call to prayer is being driven by the same worrying trends: nationalism...
...talks last year. Joost Lagendijk, a Dutch member of the European Parliament who chairs an E.U.-Turkey delegation, says the party "has done more for the modernization of Turkey than all the secular parties in previous years. They were willing to open up the system, to challenge the élite...
...establishment," which includes the army and parts of the judiciary, against a political party that has been in power for five years. The ostensible reason was that the ruling party nominated Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a conservative Muslim, for President. But by attacking Gul, the country's urban élite runs the risk of undermining some of the same secular principles--like democracy--they are trying to defend. What happens next is unclear: a court ruling in favor of the secularists annulled the presidential nomination, but the pro-Islamic government has called early elections for this summer...
Harvard Brass Lite: Best in Brass Holden Chapel...
...biggest hits,” he says, calmly, when he finishes. “The point of the song was to be as nihilistic as possible. Fans get it. They get the irony of the song.” As Hip-hop reinterpreted by a lite-rock group, “Slow Motion” is a barbed criticism at the overly violent songs that Jenkins feels dominate the hip-hop music scene. And while his other hits might not have such lofty ambitions, the self proclaimed “lyrical band” aims to do more than simply...