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...Islamic Awareness Week, but it was co-sponsored by 28 religious and cultural groups to promote an interfaith dialogue, according to Rizvi. “Fasting is so integral to the religion, so we encouraged people to fast, but it wasn’t mandatory,” said Tariq N. Ali ’09, the chair of the Fast-a-thon. Having deprived themselves of HUDS various grilled chicken delicacies, hungry fasters were invited to catered dinners that evening, where they gorged themselves on pizza and Middle-Eastern delicacies. The event certainly fulfilled half of its twofold agenda...
...another strike from a U.S. battleship in the north of the country in June. Whom and how many the U.S. attacks killed has remained uncertain, as is the toll from Monday's attack. What is known is that at least one of the three 1998 bombers - explosives designer Tariq Abdullah, a.k.a. Abu Taha al-Sudani - was killed in an attack on a speeding car by an Ethiopian helicopter gunship early last year...
...energy of the crowd. “I really applaud this effort [to raise] awareness about Islam in such a positive way and [think] that it is wonderful that you link to the issue of hunger,” she said in an interview. Fast-A-Thon Chair Tariq N. Ali ’09 said that the number of pledges had more than doubled that of the previous Fast-A-Thon in 2004. According to Ali, around 1,420 had registered to forego the meal plan on February 28, compared to the 700 of 2004. The HIS will meet...
...though British Islam is known as a religion of protest for alienated youths, it has also been the catalyst of a powerful work ethic. Islam in Britain, writes sociologist Tariq Modood, has been "finely poised between a religion of the ghetto and a religion of social mobility." For Farhan Qureshi, it was watching Woody Allen's films that inspired him to become a movie director. But Islam provided practical and spiritual spurs to success. Waking up on cold English winter mornings to perform Fajr, the dawn prayer, gave him an extra half-hour to write before setting...
...because of the continuing violent unrest around the country. The ruling PML-Q party said the election would likely be delayed by three months or so, in part because several electoral offices have been ransacked and burned in the chaos that was unleashed by Benazir's assassination. Tariq Azim of the ruling party said the vote would not be credible if held on Jan. 8 as planned...