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Butt says his goal is nothing less than to restore the rule of "central [Islamic] authority'' over as much of the world as possible, as in the time of the Prophet Muhammad and his successors. There is no way to interpret the Koran other than literally, Butt insists, and therefore no room for "moderation.'' If, in the Koran, he says, "Allah says fight, you fight. How can anyone take a 'moderate' view of this?" And as soon as he gets his passports back, he insists, he will be off to do as Allah commands. To his fellow radicals...
...bear the weight. Jews believe that at its center is the rock on which Abraham bound Isaac. Christians believe that at its southern end, Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers. And Muslims, who call it Haram al-Sharif (noble sanctuary), believe it is the site of Muhammad's Night Journey, recounted in the Koran, in which the Prophet ascended to heaven. But today this sacred place is battling simple gravity. A section of the Mount's eastern retaining wall - 40 sq m of teetering sandstone, pitted and creased by centuries of dusty desert wind - is bulging away from...
...News of the attack traveled around the country in minutes. Shortly after six o'clock, when Sayed Muhammad Ibrahim, a former soldier and an expert on security issues, was on his way home, he heard that several hand grenades had been flung at the rally in an apparent attempt to kill Hasina and the entire leadership of her Awami League party. The initial reports were unclear about Hasina's fate. Ibrahim, a decorated hero of his country's war of liberation in 1971, shivered. "I thought to myself, what will happen to my country now, what will happen...
MAURICE GREENE AGE 30 HOMETOWN Kansas City, Kans. EVENTS 100-m dash, 4 x 100-m relay THE DRAMA A motorcycle accident has slowed this brash sprinter since he won gold in 2000, but like Muhammad Ali, Greene claims to be "the greatest." He was superb at the U.S. trials. THE COMPETITION Teammates Shawn Crawford and Justin Gatlin and Jamaican Asafa Powell should make the 100 a (quick) race...
...They said they cannot stand to see these things and decided to set me free." MUHAMMAD MAMDOUH QUTB, Egyptian diplomat who was kidnapped and subsequently freed by Iraqi insurgents, suggesting that his kidnappers let him go because they felt guilty seeing his worried students (he also teaches in a mosque...