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Since the campaign began, worshippers in Riyadh and Jidda have reported hearing sermons promoting tolerance, denouncing terrorism and warning against radical interpretations of the doctrine of jihad. On a recent Friday, the sermon was mundane at Jidda's Juffali Mosque, which is next to Chop-Chop Square, so called for...
That very moderation, however, made him suspect in the eyes of the larger, more radical Shi'ite organization, the Sadr Group, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, 29. Cooperation with the coalition is anathema to al-Sadr, whose power base lies among the poorest Shi'ite communities, especially in Sadr City...
Al-Sadr's grandstanding is partly politics; he is trying to strengthen his position among Shi'ite leaders. But few doubt his pulling power--hundreds of thousands regularly attend his sermons--or dismiss the implied threat of an Iranian-style Islamic uprising.
As it had for Bill Clinton five years earlier, the tour provided the symbolic backdrop for atonement. In a speech devoted to confronting America's bitter past, Bush called slavery "one of the greatest crimes of history." For a president who promised a humble foreign policy but has been derided...
But those who disagree do more than defend the books as just good clean fun. They praise them as powerful moral tools. The Catholic News Service, run by the American bishops, puts the books on its recommended list for children. Ministers preach sermons likening Harry's running through the wall...