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A well-known Arab
intellectual, whose
writings I I- generally
admire,, has 'recently
published a newspaper
article in which he
unleashes his anger .onto
an unfortunate woman
who chose to sit beside
him at -a" party. The
woman queried him
regarding the status and
rights of women in Islam.
He. as he puts it; felt an
aversion toward her, and
-therefore: refused to


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debate with her, instead
berating her for being "a
woman without an
identity" and "a prisoner
of her own enthrallment
with Western
civilization."
This Arab intellectual
ends his "modern
humanist" monologue by
telling the women that, in
his eyes, she resembles
Dracula. Despite her
bedazzlement with the
West, this poor woman
has never heard of
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Italian American
neig h borhood
intenningled with a small
percentage of Lebanese
Americans. The,
"Anericans," as we
called them, lived on the
other side of town and
were largely unknown to
the children of East Utica.
Our community was a
wonderful place to grow
up. and it provided a most
happy childhood. The life,
continued on page 10t


King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, flanked by staff and security
agents, arrives in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday for a three-day
visit, the first to Turkey by a Saudi monarch in four decades.
King Abdullah is in an example of Turkey
Turkey the first visit shifting its foreign policy
here by a Saudi monarch focus from the European
in four decades, a Union toward the Middle
development many see as (continued on page 9)
(continued on page 9)

An Iraqi Father Bails out of
Baghdad


Qatar is at the
beginning of a
construction .and real
estate boom that is set to
rapidly propel the
emirate to a position
some believe will make it
the new Dubai. Such a
project does not seem
fanciful either when
looking through the
schemes that have
already been agreed and
are being acted on and
when looking at the
financial war chest
available.
With the giant North
Fi.-d, the world's largest
single proven natural gas
deposit, coming on
stream at a "time of
spiralling energy prices,
Qatar's economy is in the
happy position of having
one of the greatest
resource underwriters on
the planet. Also helping
has been the fact that
recently the US became a
net natural gas importer
for the first time.
Meanwhile, high energy
prices have added to the
financial feasibility of
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his mixed neighborhood
of Sunnis and Shiites.
After his nephew was
kidnapped and released,
Hassan watched as his
brother's family moved to
Jordan,, away from the
chaos and violence.
Hassan decided to remain
in Baghdad. No more.
Last month, Hassan, his
wife of 20 years, 17-year-


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He kept working as an
interpreter for U.S. troops
even after he was
kidnapped and beaten.
As death squads
roamed the city
threatening Sunni
Muslims like him, he took
regular shifts with a
Kalashnikov rifle to guard


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authored more than a the Nliddle East. David
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.Daniny Thomas and Rose
Marie Thomas. died- on


March 1 at the age of 85.,
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Jacksonville News .


Deaths
Younan


Odeh-Shunnarah
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p.,. on July 29, 2006 in
Birmingham, Alabama.
The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Reyad Shunnarah
of Birmingham.
The bridegroom, son
of Mrs. Hiyam Elias
Odeh and the Late Mr.
Odeh Odeh of
Jacksonville; Florida is

(continued on page. 8


Abraham T. Younan,
93, passed away July
31, 2006. A resident of
Jacksonville, Florida,
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the Salaam Club and a
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and they that hear the words
of this prophecy, and keep.
those things which are written
therein: for the time is at
hand: John- to the seven
churches which are in Asia.
Grace be unto you, and
peace, from him which is,
and-which was, and which is
to come. and from the seven
Spirits which are before his
throne; And from Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and first begotten of
the dead, and the prince ofthe
kings of the earth. Unto him
that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own
blood, And hath made us
kings and priests unto God
and his Father; to him be
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and ever. Amen.
Behold, he cometh with
clouds; and every eye shall
see him, and they also which
pierced him: and all kindreds
ofthe earth shall wail because
of him. Even so, Amen. I am
Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and
which was, and which is to
come, the Almighty. I was in
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and heard behind me a great
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tumed to see the voice that
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Prayer (8)
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Dratula! He explains the
reference to her as
follows: "A mad scientist
set about gathering
carious human body parts
from cemeteries to
refashion them into a
single being. No sooner
had this deformed
creature risen from the
-dead than he killed, first
his creator, them
himself." As. is evident
from the description, the
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describing is
Frankenstein, not
Dracula. Forgetfulness,
however, is, human; who
among us has never
Forgotten anything?
I- am not concerned
with correcting the source
of the WEstern story to
which our Arab writer
refers to illustrate to his
female interlocutor the
extent to which she has
been. influenced by
Western culture., I do,
however, wonder,
whether this hapless
woman represents merely
an isolated phenomenon.
Is she alone deserving of
rebuke, or is she part of a
sickness that has infected
all our lives? Is being
enthralled by the West a
particularly female
malady, or is it an
epidemic. that affects
everyone, women and
men alike? 'Where does
healthy cultural exchange
end and infatuation
begin? Why does this
writer vent all his anger
upon. this particular
wonian, if. as he says, she
is; only an example of a
widespread affliction?
W\\y. moreover, does this
\' writer allude to a Western
story to denigrate -the
woman for being unduly
influenced by the West?
The writer- tries to
engage his readers'
sympathy by. drawing
upon traditional, popular
means for describing
disreputable women. He
mentions, for example,
that the.. woman -was
adorned in Western
clothing at the party. His
scorn is evident from his
description. However, it is
not as if the men there had
been wearing their local
traditional dress,: or the.
writer himself had come
to the event in his
Egyptian gallabiya and
the village headdress.: In
fact, it is likely that he had
shaved that morning with
a British razor, and then
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Dubailand
(continued from page 1)
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bridges and underground
services including drains,
sewers, water mains and
telecommunications for
the 1.8 sq km
development. Work
commences immediately
and is due for completion
in August 2008. The
project is Leighton Asia's
first in Dubai and follows


Odeh
(continued from page 2)
employed by Cingular
as an Assistant Manager.
Christina Shuinnarah
was the bride's maid of


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Mustafa Galadari Group
and will contain schools
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theme park.


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Qatar
(continued from page 1)
new technologies, such as
Gas-to-Liquids (GTL),.
that will see Qatar
become a key supplier of
transportation fuels, as
well as heating and power
hydrocarbons. Long home
to US Central Command,
Qatar also has a major
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with a handful of US
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as further backing for
Qatar from the West, and
the US in particular. So
far so good for the real
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sector, then. With all this
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and Pakistan this year. In
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political leader of the
Palestinian militant group
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Homage
(continued from page 1)
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Lebanon of, say, 1910,
although that which is
common to
Mediterranean peasant
culture allowed things
Italian to blend easily into
that culture.
My father was a mill
worker, eventually a
foreman in a plaster mill;
very hard work with few
rewards. I was younger
than my two brothers by 9
and 13 years; I looked up
to them, and as often as I


could I followed them
around after school. And
when my father finally
arrived home from work,
I would follow him
around, too. It often
seemed to me that'I was
not really, sperate from
my father and brothers,
but a part of them. In the
evening, if my father and
my mother, both of whom
I worshipped, did not visit
the homes of other
Lebanese or have visitors
come to our home, I
would walk with my
father to the Arabic coffee
house or Ah'we, to watch
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Mourns
(continued from page 1)
executive secretary, Roth
served as facillitator for
many of Danny's. interests,
including St. Jude
Children's Research
Hospital. "In the
beginning, Danny, Rose
Marie, and Janet were the
entire St. Jude foundation,"
said Terre Thomas,


Baghdad
(continued from page 1)
old son and two
daughters, 15 and 10,
packed a. few suitcases
with clothes, IDs, school
certificates, jewelry and
photo albums.
They paid a driver
$500 for the 14-hour road
trip to Syria and have
begun a. new life in
Damascus.
The family is reuniting
with friends and relatives
who made the move
before them, Hassan said
in a -telephone interviews


daughter of Danny and
Rose Marie. "They worked
assiduously together to
raise funds to get the
hospital started." She
added that when her father
when close his stage shows
asking people to send him
50 cents to build St. Jude, it
was Roth who rolled dup
the coins that poured in and
deposited them in the St.
Jude account.


last week. He is having
trouble finding work, but
is content that the family's
fear is lifting in the
relative quiet of a city
undisturbed by gunshots,
explosions and speeding
convoys.
Hassan joins hundreds
of thousands -- perhaps
more than 1 million --
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neighboring countries.
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TEXAS


Lord Jesus
(continued from page 3)
tured; I saw seven golden
candlesticks; And in the midst
of the seven candlesticks one
like unto the Son of man,
clothed with a garment down
to the foot, and girt about the
paps with a golden girdle. His
head and his hairs were white
like wool, as white as snow,
and his eyes were as a flame
.of fire; And his feet like. unto
fine brass, as if they burned in
a furnace; and his voice as the
sound of many waters. And
he had in his right hand seven
stars; and out of his mouth
went a .sharp twoedged
sword; and his countenance
was as the sun shineth in his
strength. And when I saw


him, I fell at his feet as dead.
And he laid his right hand
upon me, saying unto me,
fear not; I am the first and the
last: I am he that liveth and
was dead; and, behold, I am
alive for evermore, Amen;
and have the keys of hell and
ofdeath (Rev. 1:3-8,10,12-18)
We read in Psalm 18:6-9
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the Lord, and cried unto my
God, he-heard my voice out
of his temple, and my cry
came before him, even into
his ears. Then the earth shook
and trembled; the
foundations also of the hills
moved and were shaken,
because he was wroth. There
went up a smoke out of his
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One morning in 1851,
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was missing from his
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village started on a long
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Superior and the
Community alone, vowing
Poverty, Chastity and
Obedience until death. He
then received the monk's
habit. He declared himself
dead to this world and
wished to meet with no
one, not ever the members
of his family. WHen his
mother asked how he
could do this to her, his
reply .was, "We shall see
each other for all eternity."
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walked in the shadow of
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took on painful and
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saw to it that none of this
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(continued on page 13)


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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


Prayer
(continued from page 3)
2. Fasting, throughout the
month was prescribed
3. Lailatuqadr that is
"Blessed Night" is to be
sought during the last week
of this month
4. Allah Almighty is
nearby to accept the prayers
As of the Holy Quran:
"This month of Ramaan
is that month in which Quran
was sent down as, a
Guidance for mankind, with
clear proof of Guidance and
Discrimination." (2:186)
It was the 24th of the
Ramazan that the Holy

Lord Jesus
(continued from page 12)
nostrils, and fire out of his.
mouth devoured: coals were
kindled by it. He bowed the
heavens also, and came
down; and darkness was
under his feet"
This is the Lord Jesus who
came down from Heaven in a
f-nrmr'n-o@emana-tedie in our
place that we all may have


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continued till the last year of
the Holy Prophet's life and at
that time the whole of the
Revealed Quran was
rehearsed to him Twice by,
(continued on page 14)
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Saint
(continued from page 12)
anything.
After receiving the
habit, he was sent to the
Monastery at St. Cypran to
study for the priesthood.
His teachers were Fr.
Nemetallah Kassab and Fr.
Nemetallah Kafry. Both
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knowledge and piety.
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Maroun and divided his
time between hard work
and prayer. His hard work
provided sustenance for
the Community. It was
customary for him to
spend whole nights in
prayer and to attend a
many Masses as his work
permitted. He was the first


to enter the chapel and the
last to leave it. He
regarded himself as the
least of the members of the
Community and was ever
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Brothers.
Hermit
In accordance with the
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nearby. Heaving witnessed
his authentic holiness,
Charbel's Superiors
granted his appeak to live
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that he spent the next 23
.years of his life and
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1898, at the solemn
moment of the
Consecration during Mass,
(continued on page 15)


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CALIFORNIA


Prayer
(continued from page 13)
the Archangel .Gibrael.
(Bukhari)
Thus, the whole of the
Quran, may be said to have
been Revealed in this month
(Holy Quran,: Eng. Tr;
: GhCulam Faid, FN. 208,p: 76)
2. "0 ye who- Believe!
Fasting is prescribed for you,
as prescribed .for those
before'you." (2:184)
So to keep a Fast, during-:
Ramazan. w\as made
compulsory for every
lMuslim male and female
subject to certain conditions.
Hazrat Ahmad reiterates
that the x\ord Ramazan
comes from the \ mord Ramz
S\\hich means \\armth of the
sun. That is, during this
month a person gives up
genuine physical needs and
-gets inclined. ,towards
attaining spiritual
excellences so much so that
this sort of Ramz moves the
person to piety and
righteousness. (Malfoozat.
Vol. ll,p. 210)


Fasting is an old.universal
institution; but Islam
regulated it. This month is,
then, given to Prayers,
general charity and seeking
of Allah's Blessings..
(Roohani Khazain, Vol, 2, P
203-205)
It is obligatory upon all
Mluslim adults, male and
female, to keep Fast from
Dawn to dusk. Exception,
.however, is for minors, sick,
on journey, women in
period, pregnancy, or
suckling a Baby. Those who
miss the Fast, ho\ e\er., can
complete 'the missing
number of days after the
month of Ramazan is over.
The aged person should feed
the poor 'and contribute to
charity called Fidya- an
amount equal to the price of
the meals of missing Fasting.
:Neither food, drink, 'not
intimate relationship is
permitted from dawn to
sunset.
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CALIFORNIA


Saint
(continued from page 13)
he felt an acute pain in this
chest, leading to paralysis.
For eight days, Fr. Charbel
endured his suffering with
calm patience and
acceptance of God's will,
as had exemplified his life.
On Christmas Eve 1989,
Fr Charbel's soul passed
over to where it had
always lived while he was
on earth.
Following his death, the
monks removed -his
garment and found no
further proof of his love of
penance. He had a horse
hair-shirt next to his skin
and his loins were girded


with a rough cord. Fr.
Charbel was buried in the
Monastery cemetery. His
funeral reflected the
monastic simplicity of his
life. THere was a sense of
veneration during the
funeral and all those.
present felt that they were
burying a saint. Several
people observed a light
flickering around his tomb
on the night of his burial.
From the time of his death,
up to his beatification by
Pope Paul VI in 1965, his
body remained
miraculously incorrupt. n
.1977, Paul VI canonized
the hermit of Lebanon.


Saudi King
continuedd from page 9)
Erdogan on Tuesday
shortly after his arrival
and discussed ways bto
increase bilateral trade.
The king also oversaw the
signing of six economic
cooperation agreements.
Lebanon was also on
the agenda.
"Perhaps the biggest
proof of how our world is
full of danger is the Israeli
aggression that brotherly
Lebanon is subjected to
these days," Abdullah
said at a banquet hosted
by President Ahmet
Necdet Sezer.
What all this means for


Turkey's European
project is not entirely
clear, but the current
atmosphere is a far cry
from a few years ago,
when Erdogan toured
European capitals after
his Islamic-rooted party
took power.
"Erdogan has turned
his direction toward
countries outside of
Europe," said Ayhan
Simsek, a columnist with
the New Anatolian
newspaper. "Erdogan was
seriously disillusioned by
Europe and is now giving
priority to Muslim

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