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...uloom is a product of the Indian mutiny of 1857, a watershed for India's Muslims. After Britain's victory ended the Muslim dominance of the subcontinent, the school became the center of a forward-looking movement that sought to reform and unite Muslim society in a country now ruled by non-Muslim foreigners. The key was education. They were suspicious of Western learning and British attempts to educate Indians to think like Englishmen. The Deobandis, as they are called, sought to create a new generation of learned Muslims, self-confident and able to use the revealed texts and Islamic...
...Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition 12th Annual Freedom Rally Featuring Scissorfight
...premise for the rally was to support the nationwide reform of marijuana laws (including Massachusetts’s bill H2124)—no small matter in a country where 10 million are regular users and 700,000 people are arrested each year on marijuana charges. Using pot for pain is also a hot issue, as nine states, including Massachusetts, have medical marijuana laws. However, a March 2001 Supreme Court ruling stated that federal law considers the distribution of marijuana—even for medical purposes—illegal. However, these political issues were somewhat obscured at the rally...
...weak that prices are falling and banks are sitting on mountains of bad debt Koizumi's plan: The central bank is in effect printing more money to try to stimulate the economy. Koizumi wants to force bad businesses to fail, meaning more short-term pain Outlook: POOR. His reform agenda is in peril because of the economic slide
...ignored the advice, and is paying the price. He has long staked his presidency on two issues: economic reform and improving relations with the North. Both issues are now killing him politically. Last week the legislature voted to oust Kim's closest aide, Unification Minister Lim Dong Won, after he allowed a left-wing delegation to travel to the North, where they disobeyed government orders not to participate in pro-Pyongyang propaganda events. Defecting to the opposition, junior coalition partner Kim Jong Pil engineered the no-confidence vote, destroying the ruling alliance. Kim quickly replaced five ministers, but with...