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...Laden at age 22 was quick to sign up to help fellow Muslims in Afghanistan fight the godless invading Soviets in 1979. For hard-liners like bin Laden, a non-Muslim infringement on Islamic territory goes beyond the political sin of oppression; it is an offense to God that must be corrected at all costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Wanted Man In The World | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...proper role of religion to bring human beings to an awareness of the universality of sin. But this awareness must not be allowed to metastasize into a lack of sensitivity to the degrees of evil in this world. The desire not to be judgmental must not make judgement impossible, and thus make injustice inevitable...

Author: By Robert ARYEH Klapper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Religious Perspective | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...slave trade, colonialism and related humiliations, Africa has been raped over the ages by other countries, particularly the European nations. That is why most of her children see nothing of her dignity and glory to protect; they will sell something off if there's a buyer. However, the sin lies at the rapists' door. As long as Africa's riches are coveted elsewhere, they will continue to be carted away. TEMITOPE O. OYETOMI Akure, Nigeria

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 17, 2001 | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...that the Isley Brothers have once again made the Billboard Top 200 chart, you tell us that it's "time to forgive" them for their party anthem Shout [PEOPLE, Aug. 27]. Is forgiveness required for the sin of producing one of the most justifiably popular, ebullient and long-lived hits of the '60s? Should we forgive Beethoven for his Ode to Joy? SALLY FRENKEL New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 17, 2001 | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...black. Some Christians would consider him too Pentecostal, and even some Pentecostals question aspects of his theology. Jakes has called homosexuality a "brokenness" and says he would not hire a sexually active gay person. It is a common position among conservative religious leaders (Graham, for instance, called homosexuality a sin), but gay Americans would have no reason at all to consider Jakes their preacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spirit Raiser | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

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