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...Beside a freshly dug grave a man named Irfan sits alone reading the Koran. His brother Mudasir Ahmed Rather, 19, and his friend Arif Mohammed Khan, 18, were the last militants to die before India's unilateral ceasefire took effect on Nov. 28. They were shot dead by Indian security forces on Nov. 26 soon after returning from their training camps in Pakistan, across the Line of Control, which divides Kashmir. Irfan says he tried to turn the two away from violence. His plea was rejected. "They said they wanted to become martyrs." Martyrs for Kashmir? "No," says Irfan, "martyrs...
...portion of the Koran was sung in Arabic by Irfan Siddiqui '97 and read in English by First Marshal Allyson V. Hobbs...
...wrote a novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories (winner of a Writers' Guild award), in 1990 while in hiding after the fatwa. During this period he also published Imaginary Homelands, a collection of essays and criticism, and his first (and so far only) collection of stories, East, West. IRFAN AHMAD KHAN Karachi, Pakistan...
Harvard Islamic Society president Irfan Siddiqi '97 said that he was pleased with the turnout...
...your life and sufferings. Attending services at a religious institution gives you a chance to get social support by relating to others and to God at difficult times. A strong sense of spiritual and social ties would surely eliminate the role of many Dr. Jack Kevorkians from this planet. IRFAN AKBAR Pittsburg, California...