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Shutting
down the ill-conceived spy
operation could be a boon to
counter-terrorism, but first a
stake may need to be driven
through its heart:
"Iran has completely diluted half
its stockpile of 20 percent
enriched uranium to lower levels.
It has also converted more than
half the remaining stockpile for
use as nuclear fuel rendering it
almost useless for any weapon
application. That means Iran
has cut by some 75 percent a
stockpile that stood just above
200 kilograms in January" ...
... even as "US prosecutors
unveiled plans Thursday to sell an
Iran-owned Manhattan skyscraper in
the largest terror-related seizure
ever, and distribute proceeds to
families affected by attacks
linked to Tehran":
"[T]his generation of Muslims is
abandoning the traditional
professions expected from
immigrant parents (doctors,
engineers, business people) and
entering
fields we all once thought
were closed to us. The last decade
has seen a steady and sure
emergence of American Muslims as
artists,
writers,
performers,
activists,
media
personalities and
intellectuals":
Some Muslim students welcome the
initiative to offer so-called
"sharia-compliant loans," but
others object that the size of the
fees is more important that
whether or not they are called
interest:
Reports
that "one of country's foremost
Muslim theologians and lectures
at Cambridge University" called
the video improper are untrue
and Prof. Timothy Winter, a/k/a
Sheikh Abdul-Hakim
Murad, "himself told The
Independent that he was 'happy
to be involved' in the project,
which he said cuts the Muslim
community free of the "negative
images which oppress it":
In their mixed marriage her Muslim
husband is less upset at the
prejudices of friends and
professional than she because, as
he tells her, "the greatest jihad
(or struggle) of our lives is the
one that takes place in our
hearts: the battle to overcome our
egos and become more wise,
generous and patient for the sake
of humanity":
I grew up being an outsider,
feeling like an outsider, and
there wasnt any moment really
after the Boston Marathon where I
had that feeling of being an
outsider again.... I grieved with
everyone.... I could understand
their feelings, and they could
understand mine, without there
being an asterisk next to it:
The offender, who shouted
obscenities against the girl and
the Muslim people was "charged
with attempted assault, aggravated
harassment, and menacing, ...
[and] has over 40 prior
arrests dating back to the 1980s,
including busts for petit larceny
and criminal possession of stolen
property":
"Gul
said Friday he opposes a model
similar to that of Russia where
the president and prime minister
have traded places and one has
ruled in the other's
shadow. Gul suggested he
would not oppose Erdogan if he
chose to run for president in
the election in August":
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