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That is why the expectations surrounding racism should be no different for any person—college-educated or high school dropout, rich or poor, Quad or river—than they are for anyone else. For news outlets, either explicitly or implicitly, to hold a certain sect of people to a higher standard than another gives some people more license than others to act unjustly...
...leader of the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), the largest Sunni clerical body, al-Dari is the sect's most prominent figure in Iraq. Many U.S. military commanders and Iraqi government officials believe he is the spiritual head of the insurgency, and accuse his son Muthanna of personally commanding a deadly terror group known as the Brigades of the 1920 Revolution (named after an anti-British uprising led by Harith al-Dari's grandfather). Both al-Daris deny direct connection with the Brigades, but say Sunni insurgent groups are part of a legitimate, nationalist resistance to occupation. He has given...
...shapes of natural features, buildings or even furniture can have positive or negative effects on qi, or life energy. And that applies to airports as much as anything else. "An airport is like the front door to a country," explains Lin Yun, a Chinese-born Grandmaster of Black Sect Tantric Buddhism who founded his own Yun Lin Temple in Berkeley, California. "The proper flow of qi, and designs that bring heaven and earth closer, can affect the nation's entire well-being and economy." (Airports are especially critical for Thailand, given that tourism accounts...
...violence. “Hezbollah offers an array of social services to its constituents that include construction companies, schools, hospitals, dispensaries, and micro-finance initiatives,” he writes. “Hezbollah hospital and clinic staff also treat walk-in patients, regardless of political views or their sect, for only a small fee.” Yet Norton also deals with the violent aspects of Hezbollah, including its conflict with Israel in the summer of 2006, which garnered a vast amount of attention from the international community. Norton wisely avoids condoning its actions while providing a compelling explanation...
...Ironically, though, while Christians from Iraq are seeking refuge in Lebanon, many native Lebanese Christians are themselves trying to escape Lebanon's political and economic crisis. A recent poll of Lebanese Maronites, members of the country's largest Christian sect, found that half of them are considering leaving for a better life overseas. For Christians across the Middle East then, the onset of the Jewish Passover season is marked by a new exodus...