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...morning, as police raided homes and offices belonging to members of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Islamic Liberation Party), a 50-year-old pan-Islamic political organization that seeks to establish a modern version of the caliphate that ruled parts of the Arab world from Muhammad's death until 1924, when Turkey's Kemal Atatürk officially laid it to rest. The police visited Assem, Hizb ut-Tahrir's "representative member" in Germany, as part of their investigation of the group. They took away documents and computer discs, but Assem was not arrested. German authorities are worried that the group...
...Institute in Ludwigsburg. "What's important is that they're determined to work with one another." At their dinner, Chirac and Schröder laid out an important marker for this week's high-voltage European Council meeting in Copenhagen. They agreed that the E.U. should start negotiations with Turkey in mid-2005 as long as Turkey makes progress toward meeting E.U. human-rights standards. With Europe's two biggest countries pushing for a firm date, the E.U. seems set to make a commitment to Turkey that appeared impossible just a few months ago. France, where a recent survey found...
...Britain." - By Andrew Purvis. With reporting by Helen Gibson/London and Senad Slatina/Sarajevo ISLAMIC OPINION New Best Friends With all the subtlety of a jackhammer, the U.S. and its allies mounted a charm offensive on Muslims ahead of a possible war in Iraq. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz traveled to Turkey to secure support for an attack on Saddam Hussein's regime, offering to write off at least $6 billion of military debt and an undisclosed amount of other aid in return. Then, even as British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived for talks on Ankara's application to join the European...
...largesse of wealthy Wahhabi mosque builders and provide the schools, houses of worship and clerics to compete with the radicals. Perhaps the most dramatic way to show European Muslims that their world is an inclusive one is to set a date for the start of E.U. accession talks for Turkey, which could happen at this week's E.U. summit. Turkey has made most of the legislative changes required by the E.U. - albeit with some significant loopholes - and its new Islamist government has pledged itself to European ideals of pluralism and tolerance. If Europe wishes to take a major step toward...
Though Orenstein is proud of his childhood accomplishment, the turkey, which now sits in his bedroom along with his fake trophy, is just a reminder of his prize-winning past...