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Winning the New Cold War on Terrorism:The Democratic-Governance Imperative
02 March 2002
Dr. Diamond is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover
Institution, Stanford University, and founding co-editor of the Journal
of Democracy. He is also co-director of the International Forum for
Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy. Summary One
of the main sources of terrorism is chronically bad governance. The
international campaign against terrorism can thus be characterized as a
new Cold War: a strategy for victory requires the creation of regimes
that can achieve the universal goals of freedom and development.
Political and eco
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Moroccan girl attends school in Spain with Muslim headscarf
18 February 2002
FATIMA Elidrisi, a 13-year-old Moroccan girl who
insists on wearing a Muslim headscarf to school, arrived for classes
Monday (Feb 18) to the clicking of cameras, applause from her new
classmates and the watchful gaze of Civil Guards officers. The girl's traditional hijab scarf has stirred a nationwide debate in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. Accompanied
by her father, Ali El Hadi, 35, and representatives of immigrant
support groups, Fatima was greeted by Delia Duro, director of the Juan
de Herrera School. Fatima's father covered her face in
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Suspension of schoolgirls concern all Singaporeans, not just Muslims
10 February 2002
Mr Packer Maidin said on Channel News Asia that
non-Muslims should stay out of the tudung issue. He specifically
mentioned that Dr Chee Soon Juan is undermining the Mufti's statement by
raising the matter. On behalf of the Muslim members of the
Singapore Democratic Party, I wish to state that the matter concerns
more than just the Muslim community. As a multi-racial and
multi-religious party, the SDP calls on all Singaporeans from all walks
of life and all religious backgrounds to support its stand that the
schoolgirls should be allowed to continue their schoolin
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Lift ban on schoolgirls: SDP
09 February 2002
It is an outrage that the Government has suspended the
four Muslim girls from school for wearing their traditional headscarves
or tudung to school. Suspension or expulsion from school is drastic
action reserved for serious breaches of discipline. What have the four
young schoolgirls done to warrant this punishment? The PAP insists
that prohibiting the wearing of the tudung will foster social cohesion.
What evidence does the PAP cite to support its claim? No child would
take offence just because his or her Muslim friend dons a headscarf. In
fact, the majority of t
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