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...Sand The unveiling of a 1,700-year-old copy of The Gospel of Judas brings to mind a previous discovery of ancient texts. TIME's April 15, 1957, cover story reported on what the delicate, 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls revealed about early Christianity: "Since a Bedouin shepherd boy named Muhammad adh-Dhib ('The Wolf') first stumbled on them just 10 years ago in a cave near Qumran (he had hoped to find buried treasure), the scrolls have stirred up perhaps the most vigorous debate in Christianity since Darwin ... The majority verdict: the scrolls do not shake...
...Taba that killed 34 and a blitz last July in Sharm El Sheikh, the Sinai's premier resort, that left at least 64 dead. Egyptian officials believe that the accused operated an Islamic extremist cell in the Sinai, calling itself Tawheed and Jihad and relying on sympathetic local Bedouin for logistical support...
...Dead Sea Scrolls are believed to have been written during the same time—and in the place—that Jesus lived. Bedouin shephards cut the scrolls up into pieces and sold them separately in cigar boxes for higher monetary gain, according to King...
...take offense at the images, citing a widely, although not unanimously, observed taboo against physical representations of the Prophet. But the paper published the 12 submissions it received anyway, on Sept. 30. To a neutral observer, the drawings ranged from puerile to mildly provocative: one shows Muhammad as a Bedouin flanked by two women in burqas, another with a bomb in his turban. Fatih Alev, an imam in Copenhagen, says he "wasn't particularly incensed" when he saw the cartoons in the paper but suspected it would anger some local Muslims. "Many Muslims in Denmark are not used to reading...
...your classic car shipped over for the Sept. 14 start, then for $5,800 you can join as a passenger, including flights, accommodation and events. The whole shebang ends with a black-tie dinner in Jerash. Expect five-star accommodation every night, as well as traditional Arabic and Bedouin cuisine. The expedition enjoys the royal patronage of Prince Faisal bin al-Hussein, and his brother King Abdullah II and sister-in-law Queen Rania may just make an appearance, as they did at the 2003 inaugural race. A motoring holiday it may be, but participants should expect much, much more...