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...house, hip-hop and soul, and twice a week hosts a DJ school. "Somebody walks in here, and when he leaves he can do a rave for 20,000 people," boasts owner Claudio Donato. www.goodymusic.it. SEOUL Livingsa, in the financial district's Hoehyeon Underground Mall, is a record-album mecca. The tiny shop is so tightly packed with its 150,000 records that customers shuffle sideways around the store. The eclectic catalog includes 1950s Korean folk collections, live Nat King Cole recordings, Eddie Murphy stand-up albums and a jumble of jazz, classical...
...dilemma facing most Muslims is that this war pits us against ourselves. For guidance, we need look no further than the lessons from the time of the Prophet Muhammad. In Mecca in the 7th century, the Prophet faced off against his own tribe, the Quraysh, for worshipping false idols. In much the same way, modern Muslims are pitted against people worshipping false idols of hatred, violence and intolerance. After he fled Mecca, the Prophet heard a chapter of the Koran called Al-Nisa (The Women), which said, "O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice as witnesses...
Asra Q. Nomani is a journalist and the author of the forthcoming Standing Alone in Mecca, about women's place in Islam
...made and cut over night. It's total chaos." Will the rapprochement between France's Muslims and the rest of society last? Some say that the government should reward the country's Muslims by making Eid al-Adha, the festival marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, a school holiday. And it could be difficult for Islamic leaders to reverse last week's acceptance of the head-scarf ban once the hostage crisis has passed. As the school year begins, both sides still have a lot to learn...
...SEOUL Livingsa, located in the Hoehyeon Underground Mall in the financial district, is a mecca for vinyl hunters. The tiny shop is so tightly packed with its 150,000 records that customers have to shuffle sideways around the store. The catalog is eclectic and includes Korean folk collections from the 1950s, live Nat King Cole recordings, Eddie Murphy stand-up albums as well as a jumble of jazz, classical...