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Foezul Ali is explaining the concept of shura - the Arabic word for collective decision-making by consultation - to a small class of adolescent girls at a madrassa run by the Aziziye Mosque in Stoke Newington, north London. Consultation, he explains, requires taking into consideration the views of all members of society, including Christians, Jews and secularists. Ali reads a quote from the Koran that requires Muslims to seek the advice of the nonfaithful on important matters. So, he asks the girls, can we learn from non-Muslims? When they respond affirmatively, he smiles. "That's right...
Though Stoke Newington is just north of the gentrified streets of richer Islington, the area remains economically mixed, with blocks of shabby council housing spread among more desirable Victorian terraces. While the students at the Aziziye madrassa say they enjoy the ICE classes, it's clear that, as for other young urban British Muslims, their most immediate concerns are the threats of crime, drugs and racism. Radicalism, says Sumeyye, 12, shaking her head resolutely, "That is not Islam." For those tempted to disagree, the government hopes the new citizenship lessons will help change their minds...
...second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, were alive and in hiding, wouldn't they be making videotaped statements that refer to recent events for broadcast on the Arab TV station al-Jazeera? The audiotapes and obviously old videotapes that have been released are unimpressive. PASQUALE J. PIACENTE Newington, Conn...
...impressive as America's current women's tennis stars are, none is as dominant as HELEN NEWINGTON WILLS was in her day. When TIME put her on the cover in 1929--for the second time in three years--Wills was in the midst of winning four straight Wimbledon singles titles. She won 31 major championships...
...head of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration [BUSINESS, Sept. 18], for not protecting them from the Firestone-Ford fiasco? Everyone wants to be independent--until the crud hits the fan. Then they want to know why the government didn't act to protect them. PASQUALE JOHN PIACENTE Newington, Conn...