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...HIDING. Robert Redeker, 52, high school philosophy teacher; after receiving death threats over an opinion article he published in the French daily Le Figaro, calling the Prophet Muhammad a "pitiless warlord, pillager, massacrer of Jews and polygamist." Redeker has left his home near Toulouse and is under police protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

These are the lights and philosophical perspectives that Islam needs today. Islamic politicians and thinkers can call for an apology should they feel wronged, but virulent reaction will only self-fulfill the prophecy of a destructive Islam, and further taint the image of the Prophet. Only with a show of restraint can peace truly be upon...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: In Search of Islamic Lights | 9/19/2006 | See Source »

...spaces in a three block radius, and a speaker attached to an immense sound system began congratulating everyone on the Twelfth Imam's birthday. The voice launched into an excited sermon, detailing how God concealed the Mahdi -- the last in a line of Shi`ite imams descended from the Prophet Mohammad -- and would only bring him back at the end of time to bestow justice to mankind. Soon you couldn't even hear the phone ring in my apartment. I began text messaging my friends that my party was postponed until next week. Sharing a birthday with the Twelfth Imam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Many Happy Returns, Twelfth Imam! | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

Although Pac lived the so-called “thug life” and predicted that he would die at a young age (he was 25 when his car was ambushed by a gunman in Las Vegas), he should not be remembered as a martyr or a prophet. Hip hop fans worshipped him, but he should not be remembered as a hero, either. Pac should be remembered because he articulated his confusion and rage so well. His music reflects the complexity of a life spent trying to reconcile a career that brought great fame and riches with a youth...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten | Title: Tupac’s Dying Legacy | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'" Benedict added "I quote" twice to make it clear these were someone else's words. Nevertheless this reference was undoubtedly the most provocative moment of a provocative lecture. In a sense, explicitly including the Muslim prophet by name, and citing the concept of jihad, was a flashing neon signal to the world that the soft-spoken Pope intends to make himself heard clearly on this defining tension of our times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope Tackles Faith and Terrorism | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

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