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...might think it’s the easiest thing in the world for people in pure mathematics to work with people in applied mathematics, but they don’t either,” he adds...

Author: By Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KSG, Gov. Dept. Relations Still Chilly | 10/30/2001 | See Source »

Everything is relative, though, and in the Taliban's case, moderate doesn't mean enlightened--or powerful. For the most part, all Taliban members still support the idea of a pure Islamic state, though some are willing to allow slightly fewer restrictions on women's education and travel, as well as on the treatment of minorities. Mullah Mohammad Hasan Rahmani, the soft-spoken, one-legged Governor of Kandahar, and military commander Ibrahim Baloch signal their brand of open-mindedness by giving TV interviews or meeting with female journalists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taliban: Are There Any Moderates Here? | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...injunction to “slay...the unbelievers” that Douthat cites regarding violence against non-Muslims is not to be found in the Koran. This quotation is a pure fabrication—the writing of an artifical “Koran” to support a flawed argument. Although Douthat did not make this error intentionally, his failure to check his sources on such a fundamental matter results in misinformation and bad journalism. However, reading these verses in these terms would make sense if and only if the rest of the Koran and the sayings of the Prophet...

Author: By Saif I. Shah mohammed and Zayed M. Yasin, S | Title: Fabricating an Enemy | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...options” in contemporary art. Viewing the works—awe-inspiring for their large size yet friendly and accessible in this familiar context—one is forced to contemplate the nature of what comes after the minimal, the reality behind a picture’s pure color, form and abstraction...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Some Options In Abstraction | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...Saud to crush them with loyalist tribesmen. In 1979 King Khalid harshly put down a fanatical group that seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca, in a violent two-week clash that left 127 Saudi troops and 117 insurgents dead. The message of all these groups has been the same: pure Islam has been corrupted by the al Saud rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Saudi Arabia | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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