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...that is fine," the mullah said, "but we will never give him up." A Northern Alliance security official offered a similar assessment: "Mullah Omar is simple and brave. He is convinced he is right, and he believes that whether he lives or dies is the will of Allah...
...caliphs, the successors to Muhammad who ruled Islam's domain from the 7th century to the 13th. What might a caliphate look like today? In bin Laden's view, it would look something like the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which he has praised as "among the keenest to fulfill [Allah's] laws." Bin Laden may imagine himself to be a potential new caliph. One of the titles he uses is "emir," which means ruler. However, he swears allegiance to (and thereby ranks himself below) the Taliban ruler, Mullah Mohammed Omar, so whatever political ambitions bin Laden may have...
...Haji" - a Muslim who'd made the pilgrimage to Mecca - and he radiated a certain serenity. Besides, I thought the zealots in the mob would be impressed by his venerable white beard. Before he took my bags, he quizzed me: "Who is the Superpower? Allah, or America?" Allah, of course. "Get in," he says. "I'll get you into Quetta safely. You have my word...
...Haji" - a Muslim who'd made the pilgrimage to Mecca - and he radiated a certain serenity. Besides, I thought the zealots in the mob would be impressed by his venerable white beard. Before he took my bags, he quizzed me: "Who is the Superpower? Allah, or America?" Allah, of course. "Get in," he says. "I'll get you into Quetta safely. You have my word...
...There is a sudden commotion. A wizened Afghan in rags has stopped pulling his cart and is banging his head on the ground so hard that it has begun to bleed. "Allah, I surrender!" he wails, "If you don't let me pass, I'll earn no money. I'd rather die than go back empty-handed to my starving children." The display of self-mortification works; the Pakistanis gently dust off the bleeding old man and let him through, which provokes a wave of fierce clamoring and shoving among the other Afghans crowding the border. They are all just...