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...faith. A decade ago, Nalliah, a Sri Lankan-born Australian, narrowly escaped being caught with 400 smuggled Bibles in Saudi Arabia, where preaching Christianity is a crime. Scot, who grew up Christian in Muslim Pakistan, fled to Australia in 1987 after he was charged with blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad, an offense punishable by death. In March 2002, the Catch the Fire Ministries, of which the two men are pastors, held a seminar on Islam in Melbourne. Scot, who presented the course, says its aim was to help Christians "understand Islamic beliefs and culture and, after the Sept. 11 attacks...
...pastors say they were just telling the truth: most statements the judge found offensive were readings from the Koran and the Hadith, traditional lore about Muhammad. Scot, a lifelong student of these texts, claims his real offense was "talking about the parts of the Koran that Muslims want to hide from people." But ICV director Waleed Aly says the quotes - and references to "a lot of cases overseas that have nothing to do with Australia" - were used to argue "that Muslims in Australia are disposed to violence and terrorism and that Australia faced danger as a result." The Muslims...
Exactly what was happening was difficult to tell. There were reports that President Ali Nasser Muhammad, 46, had been injured, that he had been killed, and that he had survived. There were rumors that four key plotters who tried to take over the government, including former President Abdul Fattah Ismail and Vice President Ali Ahmed Nasser Antar, had been executed. But the persistence of the fighting suggested otherwise. On an ideological basis, the struggle appeared to pit the pragmatic Marxist, President Muhammad, who has sought more amicable relations with his Arab neighbors and would welcome aid from such countries...
...there is a figure on the tank in Fostoria, how do these people know that it is Jesus? Maybe it is Moses or Muhammad or Yul Brynner. Larry A. Gardner, Professor of Religion Capital University Columbus...
...majestic Mohammed Ali Mosque has overlooked Cairo for 130 years. Last week Egyptians were contemplating another Muslim institution with the same name: Muhammad Ali, 44, the noted U.S. automaker. That's right, Ali has gone from rope-a-dope to car star. Lee Iacocca, you could be in a heavyweight fight here. The poetic, peripatetic former boxing champion was in Egypt to announce the launch of a two-seater sports car, to be called the Ali 3 W.C. (for three world championships). The $25,000-to-$30,000 item will be turned out in South Boston, Va., starting next year...