Archive for August 16th, 2006
NYTimes: Memorizing the Way to Heaven: Verse by Verse
16 Comments Published by Haseeb August 16th, 2006 in Current NewsSource: NYTimes
August 16, 2006
Memorizing the Way to Heaven, Verse by Verse
By MICHAEL LUOThe carpeted room is full of children in skullcaps crouched on prayer mats, reciting verses from a holy text. Some mumble the words under their breath; others sing them out. They rock back and forth as they chant, their disparate voices blending [...]
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann updated his top 10 list of occasions that the Bush Administration has gained political benefits around the same time that the public’s fear of terrorism was at a peak. Olbermann describes it as “The Nexus of Politics and Terror.”
In this video from August 14’s broadcast, Olbermann includes the latest foiled terrorist plot [...]
Interview with Jimmy Carter: The US and Israel Stand Alone
1 Comment Published by Haseeb August 16th, 2006 in Current NewsSource: Spiegel Online linked by Hina
Former US president Jimmy Carter speaks with DER SPIEGEL about the danger posed to American values by George W. Bush, the difficult situation in the Middle East and Cuba’s ailing Fidel Castro.
Former US president Jimmy Carter: “I don’t think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive [...]
