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Benefit mania!
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "Salt of the Earth," "Stop This Benefit" and "The Worst Benefit Concert Ever"
Rumsfeld takes no prisoners
Jake Tapper
The secretary of defense offers no B.S. -- and even less information -- for fact-starved reporters.
A memo to Americans
M.A. Muqtedar Khan
An Islamic scholar suggests that the roots of Muslim anger against the U.S. lie not in the religion itself, but in the political misery of its believers.
Who speaks for African-American Muslims?
Eric Boehlert
Louis Farrakhan's bitter voice may get the most media play, but he represents only a sliver of black Islam -- and after Sept. 11, the more orthodox mainstream wants to be heard.
“Now it’s really war”
Flore de Preneuf
With at least 24 Palestinians dead and several West Bank and Gaza cities under Israeli control, the fiercest military assault since 1994 shows no signs of abating.
Fundamental problems
Max Garrone
Religious writer Karen Armstrong explains why Muslim nations have difficulty with democracy and the qualities that all forms of fundamentalism share.
Stand beside her
King Kaufman
Fearing a post-terrorism backlash, many Muslim and Arab-American women are
afraid to leave their homes. Volunteers are helping to make them feel safe.
Afghanistan’s land mine nightmare
Janelle Brown
Mines killed 1,100 Afghans last year, and injured up to 100 more a week. Now American ground troops head to a battlefield littered with 10 million mines -- and the conflict could leave more behind.
Stop this benefit!
Jim DeRogatis
McCartney, Jagger, Bowie et al. turn out for a benefit show that was long on schlock and short on facts and truth.
Andrew Sullivan’s jihad
David Talbot
Since Sept. 11, the British journalist has declared himself the mullah of the media world, sitting in judgment of American writers' patriotism.
Love-bombing bin Laden
David Rieff
The peace-loving people of Berkeley believe that fighting evil makes one evil.
Bringing the war home
Damien Cave
Antiwar sentiment still runs deep in cities like Berkeley, Madison and Cambridge. But peace activists are being confronted by a strong wave of pro-war patriotism.
Journalist or bride?
Asra Q. Nomani
I get a marriage proposal, get compared to "Hanoi Jane" and plan a trip to Afghanistan on a prayer.
A would-be martyr
Asra Q. Nomani
Qaiser Nadeem, 20, longs for the day he is called to leave his video store and join the jihad -- fighting the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan.
Optional burqas and mandatory malnutrition
Janelle Brown
After spending 18 months studying Afghanistan, Dr. Lynn Amowitz reports that life under the Taliban is more brutal -- and more complicated -- than we suspected.
Letters: White powder and supervillains
Salon Staff
Readers respond to recent articles on anthrax alarms, Rumi translator Coleman Barks and the lighter side of Osama bin Laden.
Polled over
Arianna Huffington
President Bush's 92 percent public approval rating
has as much staying power as one of the snack packs dropped on Afghanistan. But the meaningless poll data has cowed the Democrats into silence.
The Arab baby boom
Eric Boehlert
Idle youth in the Middle East provide easy recruits for extremist groups -- and there are more every year.
A memo to American Muslims
M. A. Muqtedar Khan
It's time for us to search our souls. How can the message of Muhammad become a source of horror and fear? How can Islam inspire thousands of youth to dedicate their lives to killing others?
The crossroads
Flore de Preneuf
The murder of an Israeli extremist by Palestinian extremists pushes both Sharon and Arafat to the brink -- and threatens to doom the peace process.
When “Friends” screw
Salon Staff
I mean, are they still "Friends" then? Plus: Back to "Gilligan's Island"; "Crossing Jordan"; "Third Watch"; and more!
Who do we bomb next?
Robert Scheer
If the president were serious about fighting terrorism, we would soon be attacking Saudi Arabia.
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