Word: ramadan
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...malls and the luxury hotels were built gives My Life as a Fake a pungent, sweaty reality that enlivens most of its pages. But when the action quits Malaysia, Carey wanders into fairyland, as in an inaccurate reference to "religious police" in Bali arresting people on the streets during Ramadan?apparently a confusion of the Muslim fasting month with the Balinese Hindu feast of Nyepi, a single day of sequestration and introspection. Although observance of Nyepi is enforced by temple authorities, Indonesia, unlike Malaysia, does not have religious police. Yet none of these peccadilloes detracts from the novel's momentum...
...wave of Muslim students enroll as families look for more tolerant alternatives to French public schools. "Two decades ago," he says, "Muslim leaders requested the same kinds of considerations other religions enjoy: designated sections in cemeteries, construction permits for places of worship, some leeway in the observance of Ramadan or the wearing of head scarves. Those were denied. Today, the children of those leaders are demanding - not requesting - their right to freedom of religion as citizens of Europe." To many Muslims, last week's episode in Italy suggests that some religions are more free than others. The case was brought...
...liberal Muslims are dominant. Islamists haven't made inroads in electoral politics, and recent attempts to codify Shari'a law in the country's constitution were soundly defeated. When puritanical Islamists in Solo conducted sweeps of the bars and nightclubs to shut them down for the holy days of Ramadan and trashed some establishments to make their point, Solo's drink purveyors and customers fought back with well-attended street demonstrations...
...demoralize his followers, it would not necessarily dull the anger of these other parties. In fact, many Iraqis believe it would provoke them to stronger action. "Saddam's being caught or killed isn't good for the Americans," says Marouf Sami Noori, brother-in-law of fugitive Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam's Vice President. "There are many people who would like to fight against the Americans, but if they fight now, they'll be considered Saddam's people. So the resistance will be stronger if Saddam is captured or killed...
...miles north of the city of Tikrit. They reach the compound's metal gate, M-16s locked and loaded. A translator bangs on the door. When an old woman opens up, the troops sweep through the garden and into the house. An intelligence report had said Taha Yasin Ramadan, Saddam Hussein's Vice President, might be in the area...