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Because the Koran was revealed in the context of an all-out war, several passages deal with the conduct of armed struggle. Warfare was a desperate business on the Arabian Peninsula. A chieftain was not expected to spare survivors after a battle, and some of the Koranic injunctions seem to share this spirit. Muslims are ordered by God to "slay [enemies] wherever you find them!" (4: 89). Extremists such as Osama bin Laden like to quote such verses but do so selectively. They do not include the exhortations to peace, which in almost every case follow these more ferocious passages...
...Considered in their context, then, and viewed with the benefit of hindsight, these pictures do-even if unintentionally-make important statements about the self-representation of America throughout the 20th century: about its own sense of self, its aesthetic, and perhaps most importantly, it's shortcomings...
...praise we give these athletes must be understood in the proper context. Firefighters, police officers, and relief workers are due more praise (and money, for that matter...
Staph rushed for 152 yards on 28 carries and scored three touchdowns. He only had 14 carries and 71 yards in his entire career before Saturday. But more than his accomplishments on the field, it was the context of how he did what he did that was special...
...Still, Putin invoked the Chechen situation in an address to the nation Monday night, saying it "cannot be considered outside of the context of the fight on world terrorism." Putin offered the rebels 72 hours to surrender, or else...