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...only think about your future in heaven." But there is at least one aspect of the immediate future that Marwan does not want to contemplate: the collateral damage he may cause to fellow Iraqis. In the recent spate of bombings, many of the victims have been harmless bystanders. "I pray no innocent people are killed in my mission," he says. "But if some are, I know when they arrive in heaven, Allah will ask them to forgive...
...better, he believed, to reach into the heart of one's opponents--which, of course, he memorably did in his second Inaugural when he suggested that the sin of slavery was shared by North and South. "Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other ... let us judge not that we be not judged." In the largest sense, Lincoln's empathy allowed him to absorb the sorrows and hopes of his countrymen, to sense their shifting moods so he could shape and mold their opinion with the right words...
...been talking of accommodation with the West. Ahmadinejad's bona fides are clearer: he is a member of the basij, a paramilitary force of Islamic militants. A message on his website reads, "In the name of God, I am proud to have been a basij teacher and pray to God that I continue...
...That Good Night" every night before I go onstage. I know it by heart now. In the last lines I see a tribute to my father, who's still with us: "And you, my father, there on the sad height,/ Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray." --As told to Kate Novack
...appears to be under way over Ramadan. At various points during the Muslim holy month, al-Qahtani claims to be either on a hunger strike, refusing all food and water, or fasting during daylight hours, as Ramadan requires. According to the log, the interrogators tell al-Qahtani he cannot pray--a religious obligation--unless he disregards another by accepting water. So he declines to pray...