https://freerepublic.com/tag/modernislam/ en-us Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:16:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/850805/posts By opening up to Western audiences and calling for a reconsideration of Islamic rhetoric and principles, Hizbullah is attempting to reintroduce itself as a representative of a moderate Islam of the future, distant from the atavism and political agendas of other fundamentalist groups. In a recent speech he gave in the Bekaa last week, the party’s secretary-general, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said that it was unacceptable to make “generalizations and categorizations that would involve millions of Europeans who preceded the Islamic world in rejecting a war waged against it.” He said that opening up to millions in Europe and America should... The Daily Star https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/850805/posts#comment Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:16:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/822745/posts KUALA LUMPUR - The radicalisation of former Malaysian army officer Yazid Sufaat, suspected of abetting two Sept 11 hijackers and of being a Jemaah Islamiah bomb-maker, shows that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ambitious effort to use Islam as a vehicle for economic progress and social change has backfired, The Asian Wall Street Journal said in a report yesterday. It said that Yazid - the son of a poor rubber tapper and the winner of a government scholarship to study biochemistry in the US - was an 'ideal candidate for transformation into the progressive Muslim professional', a type of citizen that... Straights Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/822745/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:49:18 GMT