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The educational elite still remains unmoved by the prospect of radical Islamic Shariah law even as manifestations of it pop up in the United States. For example, recently, Middle East experts from the Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment, along with two graduate students, agreed that in dealing with Islamic states, the U. S. should ignore Shariah but hold the nations to universal standards such as respect for women. “United States policy should not pass judgment on Shariah,” Eric Trager, a doctoral candidate from the University of Pennsylvania, said at the May 7, 2012 conference at the Reserve Officer’s Association....

CHICAGO -- A hidden message that appears to be slamming President George W. Bush has been discovered in a very strange place. A message inside some bags and backpacks takes a dig at an unidentified president -- but you have to know the secret language to understand it. Those who look closely at washing instructions inside Tom Bihn portable culture bags and backpacks, it reads, "We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We didn't vote for him." Why hasn't this caused more of an uproar? Because the message is written in French. Company officials claim they had no...

Backpack care tags include French language Presidential insultThe care instructios on the tags contained in Tom Bihn brand backpacks include both English and French language text, which is to be expected on products sold in many countries.What is not expected is the text "NOUS SOMMES DESOLES QUE NOTRE PRESIDENT SOIT UN IDIOT. NOUS N'AVONS PAS VOTE POUR LUI." Or in English, "We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We didn't vote for him."Tom Bihn, president of the Port Angeles, WA company which bears his name issued a statement."I am terribly sorry that this inside joke has been misconstrued...