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...surahs, or chapters from the Koran, in a whisper. From time to time, he broke into sobs and moans, babbling incoherently, as if in a trance. Afterward, Bakr was asked to join al-Zarqawi and some of his closest aides in a discussion on the life of the Prophet Muhammad that went on until dawn. It wasn't until morning that al-Zarqawi gave Bakr a message to take back to his field commander. It was an order to launch a suicide-bombing operation...
...ZARQAWI IS NO RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR. A high school dropout, he memorized the Koran while in prison and acquired his religious ideas from extremist preachers and thinkers in Afghanistan and Jordan. To devout Muslims, emulation of the Prophet is considered desirable, and most believers concentrate on Muhammad's well-documented attributes, like frugality, modesty, charity and respect for elders. But al-Zarqawi, like others who subscribe to extremist schools of Islam, takes emulation literally. Among the examples Bakr cites is al-Zarqawi's tendency, modeled on the Prophet's, to "do everything from right to left: he puts on his right...
...million Amount paid by media entrepreneur Robert Sillerman for an 80% stake in legendary boxer Muhammad Ali's name, image and likeness...
There is, however, substantial foreshadowing of Malcolm’s future status as a civil rights icon. His dreamed encounters with Elijah Muhammad, though fantastic, add a spiritual depth to Malcolm’s destitution, and allow a glimpse into the coming years...
...telephone interview yesterday that “the whole investigation was sham. It was just a sham.” Gorton was suspended with pay last month along with the editor of the opinion page, Chuck J. Prochaska, for their decision to reprint controversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in the Illini’s Feb. 9 issue. The cartoons—originally published by Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper—resulted in world-wide riots by Muslims, some of which turned violent. Newspapers across France and Europe reprinted the cartoons in support of the freedom of the press...