Word: tahir
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...about that," she said. "I come here twice a year, and I like it, but today there's good halal food, and there's prayer. We have so many friends in the tristate area, we never see each other, and today everybody's here." Her cousin Soofia Tahir suspected there might be a bit more to it. Perhaps it's a pride thing? "No, it isn't," Khan asserted. "Yes, it is," said Tahir. "There's no pride," Khan shot back. "You mean like being vain? " "No," said Tahir. "I mean like bonding." She paused and gazed...
...ARRESTED. B.S.A. TAHIR, 44, Sri Lankan businessman; on allegations that he conspired with Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to manufacture and sell nuclear weapons components; in Kuala Lumpur. Tahir allegedly duped Malaysian company Scomi Precision Engineering, which is partly controlled by Kamaluddin Abdullah, the son of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, into making parts for a centrifuge intended for Libya...
...More intriguing are questions surrounding the role of a Sri Lankan named B.S.A. Tahir, who was named by Bush last week as Khan's deputy and chief financial officer. Tahir, who declined comment when contacted by TIME, reportedly acted as the middleman in the centrifuge deal, negotiating the $3.5 million manufacturing contract for the controversial parts with Scomi, which is controlled through a holding company by Prime Minister Abdullah's only son, Kamaluddin Abdullah. But Tahir, currently in Malaysia, appears to be more than a middleman. TIME has learned that Tahir's wife, Malaysian national Nazimah binte Syed Majid...
...both young men began to yearn for jihad. Siddique's cousin Zahid Islam says that while studying at Gujrat Technical College, Siddique would increasingly express concern about the plight of Kashmiris. Mahmood's brother Tahir says he began to hate his job at a clinic, eventually quitting to join Islamic groups. One day, Mahmood asked his family for permission to go to Kashmir. "My father's initial reaction," relates Tahir, a onetime fighter himself, "was neutral?not bad, not good. But later he reckoned (Mahmood) had done the right thing...
...debilitating 10% per month and the average annual wage is less than $100; skilled professionals like doctors scrape by on $15 a month. Now Uzbeks have reason to be increasingly worried: three days after the U.S. began its strikes on Afghanistan, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tahir Yuldash, announced that his fighters and the Taliban would launch a jihad against the "puppet government" of Uzbekistan. Says one Uzbek businessman: "Something had to be done about terrorism in Afghanistan. It is important for our security. But we can't do it alone. Now we have the United States...