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...assassination attempts, and the early Muslim community narrowly escaped extermination by the powerful city of Mecca. The Prophet had to fight a deadly war in order to survive, but as soon as he felt his people were probably safe, he devoted his attention to building up a peaceful coalition of tribes and achieved victory by an ingenious and inspiring campaign of nonviolence. When he died in 632, he had almost single-handedly brought peace to war-torn Arabia...
...Edgar V. Thomas ‘05, the recent terrorist attacks in Washington D.C. and New York are a glaring reminder of the constant dark cloud of violence he fled in his native war-torn Sierra Leone. Following the erruption of civil war in this West African, diamond-rich country, rebels gained control of the United Nations-occupied capital, Freetown, where Edgar and his family lived. “I had to pack my whole life into two suitcases,” Edgar recalls in a calm, matter-of-fact tone...
...were the clothes in my suitcase, because I had fooled myself into thinking we were only going to be away from Sierra Leone for a week or so”. Edgar had visited the United States before on vacation, but the move from war-torn Africa to the American south would prove difficult for him. “I had always wanted to live in the United States”, Edgar recalls, “but it wasn’t all it was cut out to be…but at least for the first time in a long...
SUDAN The civil war-torn nation played host to bin Laden from 1991 to 1996. The U.S. pressured Sudan into expelling him, but he still has supporters there...
...traveled to Africa to watch the first total solar eclipse of the new millennium. But many African traditionalists remained firmly indoors, believing the darkening of the sun to be a bad omen. Zambia declared a national holiday as it hosted an influx of up to 20,000 tourists. While war-torn Angola issued millions of pairs of protective glasses, many in Zimbabwe watched through folded crisp packets. Wildlife observers said animals seemed confused by the sudden switch between darkness and full daylight...