Word: prophetic
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...Rowling won us over? Partly by disguise. Rowling dresses her dead-serious battle of good versus evil in the sensibilities of the ironic age. “Anyone we know dead?” Harry’s best friend, Ron, asks every morning when the Daily Prophet flies to their Hogwarts breakfast table. Ron’s mother, Mrs. Weasley, has always had a magical nine-handed clock to monitor the whereabouts of every member of her family (“home,” “school,” “work...
...remorselessly, he insisted on the righteousness of his act, repeatedly stating he would do the very same thing again if he got the chance. Bouyeri said that in his worldview, there is a "law that instructs me to chop off the head of anyone who insults Allah and the Prophet." He stressed he did not hate Van Gogh, who he described as a man driven by conviction, though the filmmaker infuriated many Muslims with his controversial film Submission which linked the abuse of Muslim women to Koranic verse. Bouyeri's speech left the courtroom audience stunned. When he told...
...their 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...
...exactly. You can't swing a rosary in Manila nowadays without snaring a self-professed "destabilizer": someone trying to undermine the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Or an accuser charging the government with some malfeasance, or a Senator or Congressman calling for Arroyo to quit, or a prophet forecasting "major change"?meaning a complete overhaul of the Philippine political system. The press is certainly looking for them, and writing up breathless copy even when they don't quite fit the bill. Eugenia Apostol, publisher of the new Mr. & Ms., did some television interviews at the relaunch soir?e and was asked...
...pragmatist than Khomeini, Montazeri is also said to lack his mentor's charisma and oratorical skills. The timing of the announcement did not appear to coincide with any worsening of Khomeini's health. Last Saturday the Ayatullah stood in public for 30 minutes to deliver a speech marking the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Khomeini walked comfortably and unaided. WEST GERMANY Twice Bought, Twice Bombed...