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WAHABISM
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The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya
Christopher M. Blanchard, 5/14/2008 12:00:00 AM
 Definitions. “Wahhabism” generally refers to a movement that seeks to purify the Islamic religion of any innovations or practices that deviate from the seventh-century teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions. In the West, the term has been used mostly to denote the form of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia...
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CHARITIES
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SAUDI ARABIA
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Brief History of Arabia and Modern Saudi Arabia
Ami Isseroff , 5/16/2008 12:00:00 AM
 Saudi Arabia is a monarchy governed under strict Islamic laws of the Wahhabi sect, which regulate public behavior, especially for women and foreigners. Women cannot drive cars and have numerous other restrictions imposed on them, and the presence of on-Muslim foreigners is tolerated but often raises resentment.
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WORLD ISSUES
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Do not say a day will come, bring that day forth
Tamar Gozansky , 5/16/2008 12:00:00 AM
 The establishment of the State of Israel 60 years ago and the Disaster ("Nakba"), which turned a fundamental part of the Palestinian People into refugees – those are the two inseparable sides of the history that could have been different, if on that same year of 1948 the independent Palestinian state would have been established as well.
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ISLAM
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Triggering a state of Islam
Tarek Fatah, 5/16/2008 12:00:00 AM
 The phrase "state of Islam" defines the condition of a Muslim in how he or she imbibes the values of Islam to govern personal life and uses faith as a moral compass. In contrast, the "Islamic state" is a political entity: a state, caliphate, sultanate, kingdom or country that uses Islam as a tool to govern society and control its citizenry.
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