Word: sheiking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Last November the government was forced to release Nasser Ahmed, who had spent 3 1/2 years in jail without ever being tried or formally charged with a crime. He had been a translator for Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted in 1995 of conspiring to blow up the U.N. building. The FBI claimed that Ahmed, who had been arrested in 1996 for overstaying his visa, had relayed a message from Abdel-Rahman that sparked a terrorist bombing in Egypt. As in the case of Wen Ho Lee, Ahmed was held without being shown the evidence against...
...enacting a scene from Oz b) insisting the other go first c) testing the new Tickle Me Yasser d) imitating a wrestling match between the Iron Sheik and Goldberg...
...King hasn't quite reconciled with Morocco's Muslim fundamentalists, but he is trying. He recently ordered the release of Sheik Abdessalam Yassine after 10 years of house arrest. Hassan II hounded the Islamist leader for years, even putting him in a mental hospital after Yassine wrote an open letter to the King denouncing his alleged unholy behavior. Mohammed VI acted, even though Yassine continues to question the King's religious authority...
...rendezvous with Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the turbaned leader of Hizballah, the time and place are kept secret. Eventually you are driven into a barricaded neighborhood protected by bearded militiamen and hustled into an apartment block with mirrored windows. Wallets, key chains, and even belts are removed from you and taken away for inspection. Finally you are seated in a room dominated by an acrylic painting of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. At the far end is Hizballah's yellow banner, the words "Islamic Revolution of Lebanon" written in Arabic beneath the silhouette of a holy warrior's rifle...
...architect of the improbable makeover is the 40-year-old Nasrallah, who took over as secretary-general after Israeli planes killed his predecessor and mentor, Sheik Abbas Musawi, in 1992. In a 90-minute interview, Nasrallah strongly emphasizes Hizballah's commitment to working within the political system and avoiding any provocation, including Hizballah's preference for an Islamic state, that might trigger a return of the 1975-90 Lebanese civil war. "We are for partnership," he says, "so that the Christians do not ignore the Muslims and the Muslims do not ignore the Christians." When it comes to discussing Israel...