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...been a "double-edged sword," Alonzo says, since it has occluded the messages bundled in his art. "His work is a call to action. It's about hierarchies of power, social injustice and paying attention to issues that aren't being addressed," he adds. "There could be a bright side to this - the attention being diverted from his identity [could allow] people to really look at his work and consider it." Says Williams: "I don't think the Banksy story ends here...
...Bethnal Green snapped a camera-phone picture of a man spray-painting a mural later confirmed to be Banksy's. In May, the New York City-based media blog Gawker suggested that Banksy might be Nick Walker, a British artist who, after being spotted stenciling a mural on the side of a Manhattan restaurant, reputedly told an onlooker that he was the elusive artist. The precision and scope of Banksy's creations have led others to theorize that he may work with a partner or that Banksy serves as the nom de guerre for a group of conspirators...
Your report on accused world Trade Center plotter Mahmud Abouhalima and Muslim radicals ((Cover Story, Oct. 4)) demonstrates that you unfortunately believe Islam has a dark side. But Islam is a very peaceful religion. It is too bad that when someone does an evil deed and claims to be a Muslim, all Muslims and Islam itself are considered to be evil. Murder is not tolerated in Islam, and the murder of civilians is especially un-Islamic. The very word Islam comes from the Arabic word al-salaam, meaning peace. People fear Islam without understanding its true nature. Omar Reda Maple...
...TIME. "As a Senator he should see the situation on the ground so that he can better understand [Iraq]." Sunni MP Ayad al-Samarai of the National Accordance Front says: "It will be good for him to get to know each leader, hear their thoughts and see how each side is thinking...
...People see hope in the Dalai Lama," says Shelley Turner, another protester spokesperson, with some empathy. "Seeing these protests against him must make them feel hopeless." She means, when they finally hear the harsh truth about him. Others surely believe the truth is on his side...