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...remains unclear whether Benedict was deliberately trying to raise the temperature. Many analysts, especially in Rome, think he knew exactly what he was saying and regard the Islamic section of the 35-min. speech as a brave and eloquent warning of Islam's inherent violence and of a faithless West's inability to offer moral response. Yet Benedict's argument was slapdash and flawed. His sage, Ibn Hazm, turned out to have belonged to a school with no current adherents, and although reason's primacy is debated in Islam, it is very much part of the culture that developed algebra...
...Iraqi rebellion against British rule. U.S. and Iraqi government officials believe the powerful insurgent group named after that uprising - the Brigades of the 1920 Revolution - is led by Harith al-Dari's son Muthanna. Father and son both deny this, but fighters from the group have told TIME they regard the al-Daris as their leaders...
...been convinced of the bands’ cleverness, the video closes with a sign that reads “Not as Seen on TV.” While their political views meld seamlessly, the bands don’t succeed in blending musically. The superstars alternate verses without regard for cohesion, both sticking to their trademark, market-tested styles. It all sounds mailed-in; their goal is to convey their political beliefs, and they don’t seem to care if it sounds good or not. While the audience doesn’t gain much here...
...is…inspirational and healthy and wonderful,” Rees says of Stewart’s outburst and its ilk.Despite this strident, demanding stance, Rees does not seem preachy in conversation. He frequently brings up a struggle to avoid self-righteousness, and he is self-deprecating with regard to his own successes.Rees estimates that “maybe ten percent” of GYWO strips achieve that flash of honesty he looks for.“That leaves a lot of filler,” he says.FUTURE UNCERTAINIn early 2002, Rees published a GYWO strip that, like many...
...High and Low” and “Knife in the Water” from modern attempts to wrestle with the issues they discuss (besides the language gap and the prevalence of color film), is the care with which the directors treat their films. Today, we seem to regard bigger and faster as inherently better, with more dialogue, scenes, and spectacular effects popping up in film after film.In a New York Times piece on the movie, critic Manohla Dargis quoted Serbian director Dusan Makavejev: “[Yugoslavian filmmakers] had to use artistic means to work around the government...