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<p>In July 2000, the last edition of Assirat Al-Mustaqeem, an Arabic-language magazine published in Pittsburgh, advocated jihad – "holy war" – against the West.</p> <p>Ten months later – and four months before Sept. 11 – the Islamic Assembly of North America (IANA) posted Web-site justifications of "martyrdom operations," such as crashing an airplane "on a crucial enemy target."</p>

from the August 05, 2002 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0805/p01s03-wogi.html Radical Islam finds unlikely haven in liberal BritainBy Danna Harman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor LONDON - In the leafy northern suburb of Hendon, a small group at the community center listens to a young man in track pants and sneakers. The charismatic speaker, Mohammed Sultan, the son of immigrants from India and a former student in business information technology, is a regional leader of al Muhajiroun, a radical youth movement based in Britain.Speaking in staccato tones and gesticulating sharply, he calls for support of jihad to liberate the...

UCLA law professor Khaled Abou El Fadl, 38, is a devout Muslim whose brilliant writings on Islamic law and fearlessness in public defense of human rights have made him one of the most formidable weapons in the battle against Islamic fundamentalism. The Islamofascists, unsurprisingly, want the Egyptian-born legal scholar dead. He understands. He used to be one of them. Abou El Fadl, now a naturalized American who lives in Los Angeles with his wife and young son, grew up in Egypt and Kuwait, the son of an Islamic jurist. He remembers entering his teenage years feeling powerless and resentful of ...

Culture & Ideas 4/15/02 Defender of the FaithPortrait: Khaled Abou El FadlBy Jay TolsonTo understand why UCLA law Prof. Khaled Abou El Fadl has become a thorn in the side of reactionary Muslims around the world, you might begin with a personal detail: He likes dogs. The Kuwait-born scholar, a devout Muslim, not only likes them but has three as pets. Why is that a big deal? According to one Islamic tradition, the prophet Mohammed declared dogs "unclean" and therefore, many strict Muslims infer, fit only for strictly utilitarian uses, like guarding the house or protecting the flocks. Abou El...