Word: soule
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...Indonesia matters. The battle for its soul is taking place within a wider war in the Islamic world pitting progressive Muslims, who believe their faith can coexist with modernity and liberal Western influences, against fundamentalists, who want the religion to return to its more austere Arab roots. What happens in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, could presage the direction other Islamic societies take. Over the past four years, dozens of regencies-provincial subdivisions-across Indonesia have used the more permissive political climate to implement Shari'a-based bylaws that include bans on alcohol and prohibitions on women...
...Cold War highlight the importance of information secrecy, while political atrocities such as the Abu Ghraib scandal illuminate how secrecy can be used as a shroud to condone harm and, as one film interviewee describes, to “dip back into the well of evil in the human soul.” The film is narrated only by a portentous score from local composer John Kusiak. REVEALING THE TRUTH In a question-and-answer session following the screening, Moss and Galison said that the intent of the event was to gauge reaction and open dialogue before the film?...
...wouldn’t call myself an avid reader of non-fiction, and judging by the title, I wasn’t expecting Paul M. Barrett’s “American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion” to be a page turner. Not wanting to be a clichéd judger of book covers, I opened Barrett’s book—but with less than a healthy dose of enthusiasm. I’m not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. Though not without its share of flaws...
...SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Sidney Poitier Mr. Sidney Poitier’s hands are clasped together in a contemplative pose; the image is taken in a solemn black and white. His eyes point towards you, though not directly at you. Seemingly looking though you, he peers into your soul and evaluates every problem you may think you face. Then, speaking in a heady and wise voice, he declares: “Yes, you may have some troubles. I see. But I have born the fardel of having effectively represented an entire generation of African Americans for the past 40 years...
...death and the turbulent end of a love affair, and both get examined in myriad ways. In the song “Mama You Sweet,” she introduces the grief caused by the loss of her mother: “And the pain in my soul / The pain hits a wall / Doesn’t know which way to go...Pain courses through every vain every limb / Trying to find a way out.” Then, in “Fancy Funerals,” Williams turns her experience planning an extravagant funeral for her mother into...