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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2047)	8/16/2002 2:24:57 AM
From: StormRider	Read Replies (2) of 6945

THE MUSLIM MODERATOR Carla Power, Newsweek, 8/19/02 msnbc.com When Sheik Hamza Yusuf was summoned to the White House after the World Trade Center attack, he brought President George W. Bush two books. The first was a Qur’an, bristling with Post-It notes marking key verses. The second was “Thunder in the Sky,” a book on the art of war by a first-century Chinese Taoist. These two gifts- Islam’s holy book and a tract on the humanistic use of power—suggest the two poles orienting the California-based Islamic scholar. He speaks to Americans as a Muslim, and to Muslims abroad as a member of that most powerful tribe on earth: Americans. Since September 11, the 43-year-old Muslim convert has taken up a post at the cultural crossroads between the Islamic world and the United States. Among young Western progressive Muslims, he’s fast becoming the most prominent Islamic cleric of his generation. His speeches at home draw standing-room-only crowds. Moreover, says Fuad Nahdi, publisher of the British Muslim periodical Q News, “he can fill a hall anywhere in the Muslim world…”

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