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...deal with Algeria's sagging economy. There is no guarantee that he can control the radicals, like those who took to the streets last week chanting, "Oh, Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!" And his party's aim to establish the Islamic legal code, known as the shari'a, conjures visions of public amputations. Middle- class women are particularly anxious: Madani has proposed that women be paid to stay home and not compete in the tight job market...
Third Period: 2, P, Sure Finney (Shari Wolkon, Eleanor Tydings) 17:00 (pp). Penalties--H, Sue Cullinane (hooking) 7:00 P, Lyndsay Rowan (tripping) 11:40; H, Stickles (interference...
...reason for the impasse was el Mahdi's refusal to lift the state of emergency imposed after the ouster of President Gaafar Nimeiri in 1985. El Mahdi also ignored demands by the predominantly Christian rebels for nullification of the Shari'a, the Islamic law that imposes harsh penalties like amputation and stoning for even minor crimes. Army officers were further angered by el Mahdi's mismanagement of Sudan's economic crisis, which has saddled Sudan with a $13 billion foreign debt...
...vision of a friendly Islamic regime in Kabul. The rebel leader who most closely fills that bill is Hekmatyar, head of the best- disciplined guerrilla organization, Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic Party). Some ; Western experts are uncomfortable with Hekmatyar's plan to turn Afghanistan into a Muslim state governed by shari'a (Islamic law), which could take an anti-American course. Should Washington be supporting someone with the potential to be a U.S. enemy? Defenders say Hekmatyar, despite his Islamic zeal, is also a pragmatist. But abetting someone with a reputation for ruthlessness in pursuit of power could be incompatible with...
Promoting diversity among faculty, staff and students is a primary concern of the KSSG, said KSSG Co-Chair Shari Davis...