...e told her, ‘nominated his son-in-law, Ali, to succeed him on his death, but after his death, the Sunni sect of Muslims insisted on a succession out... ...ed Helen, who could not imagine this quiet, dignified man displaying so much fanaticism. ‘I am a Sunni Moslem but find the grief of the Shi’ites ver...

...to create tsunamis and earthquakes, isn‘t He powerful enough to blow up a Sunni or Shi‘ite marketplace or mosque if He wants it done? Isn‘t He powerf... ...d a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.‘ Still in Turkey, predominantly Sunni Kurds kill predominantly Sunni Turks. In Iraq Sunnis and 59 Shi‘... ...n see how only the chosen group can be rewarded. But is that chosen group Sunni, Catholic, Orthodox, Methodist, Shi‘ite, evangelical, conservative o... ...s of various hadiths to supplement the Qur‘an. So images are forbidden in Sunni houses and at graves. But the scriptures don‘t mention newspapers. I... ...e government of Iraq was undeniably Muslim. The problems of sitting enough Sunnis and Shias was a major task of government. The religion was primary.... ... our world. Shall we converse with intelligent people and study the great literature of the sages of the ages? Or shall we wrap ourselves in the clo... ... dotted the last period of a play or sonnet. 389 —―But now from literature let‘s return to philosophy. From a God-based point of view capi... ...e Rabinindreth Tagore advocated artificial methods. ―The Talmudic literature of the Jews has a passage that prohibits the use of any contrac... ...ive and Reform Jews are very liberal. Their belief is that the rabbinical literature allows sexual pleasure between mates and their pleasure need no...

...uty, regular sex, or because this is the first person they have found who is interested in a relationship? Do they research the psychological litera... ...ecome masters of the provinces of North Africa. ―Though the 11 th Century the Muslim rulers fostered an advanced level of sciences, litera... ...s in the UK want to initiate sharia law for the country—at least for the British Muslims. ―Shi‘ites and Sunnis... ... fuzzy idea of what human love is. This idea usually relates to some romantic notion developed from an exposure to the fantasies of fiction in litera... ...s. ―Although China‘s invasion of Tibet in 1951 resulted in the loss of a million Tibetan lives and the destruction of much of its art, litera... ...firm God‘s will in explaining why tsunamis and forest fires kill babies and destroy churches and mosques. But God can‘t get rid of a few Shia, Sunni,... ...erpowering to us as individuals in a group or nation. Hitler did that with the Jews. Existing populations may fear the invasion of immigrants. Sunnis... ...otential genius. That‘s why we, like Venezuela, allow those as young as 2 to experience the paths toward humanness. Music, the arts, science, litera...

...t run or swim or cycle with their earphones delivering them the diamonds of literature, philosophy of classical music. ―One of our major ind... ...that no one knows exactly the right mix. The Shi‘ites think they know. The Sunnis think they know. The Lutherans think they know. The Amish think th... ... the opportunity to understand history and philosophy. We pursue the great literature and the arts from both the East and the West. This is along wit... ... Germans and Americans study ancient Egypt, organ transplants, and Tibetan literature. We merely read their work. Our work, at this stage of our dev... ...o abroad. We have one of our graduates teaching Twentieth Century American Literature at the University of Washington. One teaches sport sociology a...

...ut, we have achieved in many truly human areas like philosophy, religion, literature, music, the visual arts of painting, sculpture and architecture... ...ery sect is more true than the other sects in the same religion. Both the Sunnis and the Shia claim the real truth. The orthodox Jew upholds the true... ... ―Our greatest modern thinker, the Nobel Laureate in literature Rabindranath Tagore, inspired me with his wise observation that...

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...d head, beloved of various humble women of these isles, Apollo-like in the sunni- ness of its bush of hair. The Professor had grown restless meantime....

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...here is a profit to be made from all; and for myself but that I am a good Sunni and hate the men of Tirah –I could believe the same of all the Faiths...

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...e mimbar-board of a Border mosque and conducted service in the manner of a Sunni Mollah. His crowning achievement was spending eleven days as a faquir... ...ue to the Government from the sale of hog-bristles.” There is an extensive literature of hog- bristles, and the shoe, brush, and colorman’s trades rec...

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...t a man may not marry one of the idolaters? Is that truth? Both Shiahs and Sunnis say that a Musalman may not marry one of the idola- ters? Is the Sah... ...ill tell him something that he does not know. There is nei- ther Shiah nor Sunni, forbidden nor idolater, in Love; and the Nine Bars are but nine litt...

...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ... the window; and then the smile changed from acrid and disagreeable to the sunni- est complacency and benevolence. He bowed, with a happy mixture of d...

...d from the Qur’an and the Hadith. Islam is divided into two main branches, Sunni and Shia. Soon after the THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 49 Usama... ...the Ummah must be a direct descendant of the Prophet; those who became the Sunni argued that lineal descent was not required if the candidate met othe... ...ate met other standards of faith and knowledge.After bloody struggles, the Sunni became (and remain) the major- ity sect. (The Shia are dominant in Ir... ...n.) The Caliphate—the institutionalized leadership of the Ummah—thus was a Sunni institution that continued until 1924, first under Arab and eventuall... ... an extreme view of Islamic history designed to appeal mainly to Arabs and Sunnis. He draws on fundamentalists who blame the eventual destruction of t... ...ulator program and a Boeing 767 flight deck video, together with attendant literature;Ali had all these items shipped to his employer’s address. Jarra... ...Malek, ed., America in an Arab Mirror: Images of America in Arabic T ravel Literature:An Anthology (Palgrave, 2000). 13. For a good introduction to Qu...