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...culture are under siege. People on both sides of the debate agree that the most serious divisions within French society spring not from head scarves but from economic and social inequality. "There isn't a single Muslim in Parliament to vote on this law and not a single Arab among all the country's mayors," laments conservative politician and civil rights activist Zaïr Kedadouche. "France is broken." Consider these signs of fracture: unemployment in the banlieue often runs at more than double the national level of 9.7%, and the jobless rate among banlieue youths with a college...
There isn't a single Muslim in Parliament to vote on this law and not a single Arab among all the country's mayors ... France is broken...
...such as the firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The IGC is reportedly also considering the option of a new provisional government being appointed by a national gathering of stakeholders, convened not under the auspices of the U.S. or the IGC, but rather by the UN or the Arab League. Washington's tutelage of Iraq's political transition appears to be drawing quickly to a close, with uncertain political implications. This week, for example, Bremer vowed to veto a move by the current President of the IGC, the Islamist Abdul Hamid, to make Islamic Shariah law the principal source...
...Upon his departure from Iraq, Brahimi warned of an imminent danger of civil war - an assessment reportedly shared by the CIA station in Baghdad. The Kurds are pushing for recognition of their de facto independence in the north against the nationalist instincts of the Arab majority; but among the Arabs the minority Sunni who have traditionally ruled Iraq appear unwilling to submit to the domination of the Shiite majority that direct democracy would bring. The CPA has used the capture of a document allegedly written by an al-Qaeda associate, Musab al-Zarqawi, to paint the danger of civil...
...interactive center for visitors to Manzanar designed to "provoke ... dialogue on civil rights, democracy and freedom." Exhibits will include a film that documents the camp's history and side-by-side photos of the U.S.S. Arizona and the World Trade Center, making an implicit link to the anti-Arab sentiment that has followed 9/11. "The exhibits are designed to change, because who knows what issues the country will be facing in the future," says Frank Hays, superintendent of the Manzanar historic site. "Sixty years of looking back on 9/11 will give us the time we've had to look back...