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...Pakistan was not based on religious extremism or emotionalism," says former Supreme Court judge Javid Iqbal, Iqbal's son. "It was to be a modern state, adhering to modern interpretations of Islam, particularly of Islamic laws." Iqbal believed in the sanctity of the religious obligations: prayer, pilgrimage to Mecca, tithing and fasting in the month of Ramadan. But the laws governing everyday affairs, such as crime and punishment, marriage, economics and inheritance, were open to change. "Iqbal maintained that those Koranic punishments - cutting off hands, stoning - were meant for the community from which the Prophet descended," says son Javid...
...Harvard is certainly far from the relationship Mecca my friends envisaged. Only 15% of Harvard students are in a relationship that they are willing to list on Facebook. This is low—25% of Northeastern students, 27% of UMass students, 24% of Emerson students, and 22% of BU students are listed as “in a relationship.” So why are our area counterparts coupling up at rates almost twice ours...
...Others saw in the devastation a blank slate on which Greensburg could build back better, by building back greener - energy-efficient homes and offices, powered by Kansas's abundant wind and biofuel resources. The heartland community could become a mecca for environmentalists, including green businesses that would bring jobs. "This is an amazing opportunity," says Daniel Wallach, an entrepreneur from a nearby town who formed the non-profit Greensburg GreenTown. "It could be a living laboratory to demonstrate to the rest of the country and the world what a town of the future could look like...
...green revolution may not make Greensburg a tourist mecca, but it has become a working model for other towns. "If Greensburg can do it, then green is definitely mainstream," says city administrator Steve Hewitt. "The heart of America now gets...
...Bone Burnett, who shaped the sound of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, did the same on Anthony Minghella's Civil War film Cold Mountain. Minghella hired Eriksen to sing a non-Harp song but was lured to Harp mecca Henagar, Ala. One result, Idumea, plays hauntingly over a battle scene--and won a new batch of fans. "I went in because of Jude Law but left with Sacred Harp," says New Yorker Anna Hendrick...