27 Aug. - 2 Sep. 1998
Issue No.392
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Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 27 Aug. - 2 Sep. 1998 Issue No.392 |
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Editorial Going it alone Egypt was one of the first countries to warn that extremist groups using religion as a cover represented an extreme threat to the international community. Egypt's appeals for the collective confrontation of this phenomenon were ignored, however, until US interests were harmed, patently by the same extremist groups Egypt had been warning against. --read on--
Close up The second edge |
Naguib Mahfouz US terrorism The two attacks staged by the US against Afghanistan and Sudan are unacceptable. The US, so concerned with fighting terrorism, could have responded in a way worthy of a democratic country: with actions motivated by a sense of responsibility and inspired by standards of legitimacy. The US is no different from any terrorist group, violating international law and applying the law of the jungle instead. --read on-- |
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Spiral of violence The strikes ordered by President Clinton in retaliation for the terrorist attacks against two American embassies in Africa threaten to drag the world into a spiral of violence. Mohamed Sid-Ahmed comments |
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 This week: Osama Bin Laden
Soapbox |
Reflections by Hani Shukrallah Age of reason The war of civilisations is finally at hand. America and the forces of Islamic revivalism are locked in deadly combat. |
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Uneasy bedfellows Islamist groups and the Western "Islamic threat" industry are working toward a common goal, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb. Bin Laden and Huntington both believe in the clash of civilisations; who will stand up for reconciliation? |
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Looking to the world
Diaa Rashwan examines the new Islamist orientation in the wake of the US Embassy bombings |