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Unity, "Holy War' Urged In Iraq
1In the wake of Sunday's historic vote, PM Ayad Allawi urged Iraqis to work together to build a new Iraq, while Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida-linked terror group vowed in a Web statement to continue its "holy war." Partial election results could be out Tues. The main Shiite clergy-backed alliance claimed a large victory. Sunni turnout continued to be an issue. More on this page
Stocks Up As Mergers Continue
2The Dow rose 0.6%, the S&P 500 0.8% amid successful Iraqi elections and a flurry of mergers. Small caps led as the S&P 600 rallied 2%. The Nasdaq rose 1.3%. But the major indexes still fell in Jan. MetLife will buy a Citigroup unit; SBC is buying ex-parent AT&T. NYSE volume rose, but Nasdaq trade was lighter. More on this page, B2
SBC, MetLife Join Merger Rush
3Continuing a spate of big deals, SBC said it'll buy ex-parent AT&T for $16 bil; MetLife agreed to buy Travelers Insurance from Citigroup for $11.5 bil; and publisher Lee Enterprises said it will buy Pulitzer for $1.4 bil. Also, Time Warner and Comcast reportedly jointly bid $15 bil to buy the assets of bankrupt Adelphia. More on this page, A2
Oil Prices Fall Early, Close Up $1
- The Holy War in Western and Islamic Traditions.(Review) (book reviews)
- Magazine article from: The Historian Lapidus, Ira M. June 22, 1999 700+ words
The Holy War in Western and Islamic Traditions. By James Turner...differences between Christian and Islamic concepts of holy war. Until the seventeenth century, when the Western idea of holy war fell into disuse, both held that religious wars...
- The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions.
- Magazine article from: American Political Science Review Mapel, David R. June 1, 1998 700+ words
...of Christian and Islamic conceptions of holy war from antiquity to the present. Johnson...several different meanings of the idea. A holy war may not mean a specific call to arms...according to the prophet Muhammad). Holy war can also mean a war fought by God himself...
- Jihad and holy war.
- Magazine article from: Queen's Quarterly Flori, Jean September 22, 2003 700+ words
...debate in recent years over the nature of "holy war" in the Islamic faith. Many Muslim scholars...to mean simply the first episodes of a holy war waged in the name of God against "Jews...cannot be systematically translated as "holy war," it is nevertheless equally true that...
- Is Iraq Becoming a Holy War?
- News wire article from: International Wire April 7, 2004 700+ words
...Philippines and on and on. So is this a true holy war? Joining now from Washington, Stephen...Brook, we'll begin with you. Is it a holy war? YARON BROOK, AYN RAND INSTITUTE: Well...reason, then you've got a worldwide holy war. Is that what we have, doctor? BROOK...
- Jihad doesn't mean holy war to Southwest Florida Muslims.(A SECTION)
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune Jay.roland@herald-Trib.com October 9, 2001 700+ words
...to fit their agendas, define it as "holy war," he said. But anti-American protests...the call by some religious leaders for a holy war against the United States has El-Refai...they hear this term. For it to be a true holy war, you need to be on the defensive...
- Holy war; history of an idea.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News May 1, 2007 700+ words
9780773455481 Holy war; history of an idea. Ruelland, Jacques...Contrary to those who might wish to describe holy war as a concept peculiar to Islam, Ruelland...Montpetit, Canada) shows that the idea of holy war is deeply rooted in the Abrahamic tradition...
- A Pakistani debate over holy war: Bin Laden yesterday called for an...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor September 25, 2001 700+ words
...bin Laden as saying. The word jihad or holy war is on the lips of many Muslims - in the...as struggling to be a better person to holy war. Islamic scholars have debated the meaning...a state in 1948, has long associated holy war with its own ideas of national defense...
- The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions.(Review)
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History Inch, Morris A. September 1, 1999 700+ words
...Paper. 185 p. $16.95. James Johnson's The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions is an invitation...addresses five substantive questions regarding a holy war: (1) what is a holy war as it has taken shape in the two traditions...
- Chechen warlord says holy war is spreading across North Caucasus.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports January 9, 2006 700+ words
...commander Shamil Basayev has said that the holy war of the mojahedin is expanding from Chechnya...Muslims and blessed us with a Jihad [holy war] on His direct path! Peace and blessings...the fulfilment of their duty to wage a holy war for their faith, freedom and honour...
- Holy War: The Rise of Militant Christian, Jewish and Islamic...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State Lewis, Jim September 22, 2003 700+ words
...the radical view that by instigating a Holy War in the Middle East they will hasten the...year 2000, neither has the threat of Holy War. As the author notes, the exact date...of Muslims in the Middle East say that Holy War or Jihad will break out if the mosques...
