Islamic World News *Indonesian Muslim cleric faces jail for marrying 12-year-old girl <http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1260>*
An Appeal to Cultural Muslims by Amil Imani Iran: Islamism vs. Nationalism? By Manda Zand-Ervin *Jihad is a duty, not terrorism by Mofeed Al-Gaad * 'A Jihad for Love': WFU students offer screening, of award-winning film Sharia Law Begins to Restrict Women in Swat Valley by Michelle A. Vu *Bashing Muslims promotes fear for all by Hussam Ayloush* Fairfax Co. Residents Say Islamic School Teaches Intolerance DUBAI: Groom, 97, and bride, 90, will finally marry: Saudi man to wed beloved after 80 years *Compiled by Syed Asadullah* War on Terror *Friday, Mar 20 2009* America’s Must-Win War, say John McCain and Joseph Lieberman <http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1261> *The 'Minimalist' Path Is Wrong for Afghanistan* Let there be no doubt: The war in Afghanistan can be won. Success -- a stable, secure, self-governing Afghanistan that is not a terrorist sanctuary -- can be achieved. Just as in Iraq, there is no shortcut to success, no clever "middle way" that allows us to achieve more by doing less. A minimalist approach in Afghanistan is a recipe not for winning smarter but for losing slowly at tremendous cost in American lives, treasure and security. Yes, our vital national interest in Afghanistan is to prevent it from once again becoming a haven for terrorists to plan attacks against America and U.S. allies. But achieving this narrow counterterrorism objective requires us to carry out a far broader set of tasks, the foremost of which are protecting the population, nurturing legitimate and effective governance, and fostering development. In short, we need a comprehensive civil-military counterinsurgency approach backed by greatly increased resources and an unambiguous U.S. political commitment to success in Afghanistan over the long haul. -- *John McCain and Joseph Lieberman* 1 Comments More...<http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1261> Radical Islamism & Jihad *The Global Spread of Wahhabi Islam: How Great a Threat? <http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1258>* So although the Shiite Islamists are far from being a non-problem – given the wilayat al-faqih's development of nuclear weapons, its control of the instruments of power of the Iranian state, its control of Hezbollah, and so on – I don't believe it has the long-term staying power that the Sunni Islamists do. If the members of the wilayat al-faqih look out on the horizon, I think they ought to be able to see the storm clouds gathering just as Reagan and Moynihan saw them gathering for the Soviet Union. And they ought to have the same attitude toward them that a reasonably perceptive inhabitant of the Kremlin in the mid-1980s or a perceptive inhabitant of Versailles in the mid-1780s would have had – namely, that the storm is not overhead yet, but they ought to be able to see it coming. But due to the combination of the oil wealth of the Gulf, the compatibility of the Sunni Islamists' support for the Caliphate and the history of the Caliphate in Sunni Islam, the long-term objectives of the Wahhabis – I believe the Sunni Islamists present an extraordinarily serious ideological threat. And the reason I always say "Islamist" is that I mean to connote precisely a totalitarian movement masquerading as a religion. We do not in retrospect need to accept Torquemada's claim that his life, which repudiated everything that the Sermon on the Mount preached, was emblematic of Christianity or that he represented Christianity, and we do not need to accept the Wahhabis' claim that their hatred is emblematic of or represents the great religion of Islam. -- *James Woolsey* More..<http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1258> -- Syed M. Asadullah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. Wanna subscribe to this group, send email to [email protected] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ *********************************************************** The Official Website of Group is LAUNCHED, http://www.geocities.co -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
