http://dir.salon.com/topics/koran/?source=rss&aim=koran en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST By Anthony D. Romero Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/guantanamo_anniv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/11/guantanamo_anniv/index.html?source=rss The appalling fact that innocents have been locked up and abused at the U.S. prison for six long years is not the only reason we must close it now. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/22/prager_condemned/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/22/prager_condemned/index.html?source=rss The controversial talk-show host's words about Representative-elect Keith Ellison are condemned by the members of a board on which Prager himself serves. By Rachel Shabi Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/27/palestinian_beer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/27/palestinian_beer/index.html?source=rss A Christian-Palestinian microbrewery is defying the hardships of occupation -- and perhaps Hamas' vision for an alcohol-free Islamic state. By Joe Conason Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/05/27/detainee_abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/05/27/detainee_abuse/index.html?source=rss Newly declassified files on detainee abuse include sworn statements by a Pentagon employee about a military interrogator who threw the Koran on the floor and "stepped on it" -- provoking detainees to riot. By Joan Walsh Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/05/18/newsweek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/05/18/newsweek/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration and its media allies are trying to use one inadequately sourced story to make the torture and abuse scandal go away. They can't get away with it -- can they? By Alex Koppelman Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/18/prager_quote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/12/18/prager_quote/index.html?source=rss Dennis Prager, the conservative who attacked incoming Rep. Keith Ellison for wanting to take the oath of office on the Quran, speaks out. By Mark Follman Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/07/wsj/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/07/wsj/index.html?source=rss Confirmation of Quran desecration at Gitmo prompts The Wall Street Journal's latest apologia on abuses in the war against terrorism. By Tim Grieve Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/03/newsweek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/03/newsweek/index.html?source=rss After being vilified for its anonymously -- and erroneously -- sourced story on Koran abuse, the magazine goes all out in identifying its sources. By Mark Follman Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/19/gitmo_abuse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/19/gitmo_abuse/index.html?source=rss More evidence as to why Newsweek's blunder doesn't debunk the greater mess of allegations about mistreatment of detainees -- religious coercion included -- at the U.S. military prison. By Mark Follman Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/18/newsweek_followup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/18/newsweek_followup/index.html?source=rss The magazine's blunder was a big one, and any argument in its own defense merits some skepticism. But it's spot on about the greater backdrop for the Islamic world's violent reaction. By Mark Follman Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/17/newsweek_fallout/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/17/newsweek_fallout/index.html?source=rss It turns Gitmo into a circus-of-a-media story, rather than one about the long-term pattern of abuses inside the Bush administration's secretive system of military prisons used in the war against terrorism. By Tim Grieve Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/17/newsweek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/17/newsweek/index.html?source=rss Did interrogators really flush the Quran? Did the magazine's article really spark riots? By Mark Follman Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/16/newsweek_gitmo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/16/newsweek_gitmo/index.html?source=rss Newsweek's blunder aside, numerous past stories revealed that the Quran was abused by interrogators at the U.S. military prison in Cuba. By Tom McNichol Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/10/24/book_quiz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/10/24/book_quiz/index.html?source=rss Test your knowledge of three of the world's most influential books. Don't miss the exciting bonus question! By Richard D. Connerney Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/11/sword/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/11/sword/index.html?source=rss Unlike Christianity or Judaism, Islam's religious history is inseparable from its conquests -- which is why the concept of holy war lives on today. By Nicholas Christopher Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/03/09/terminus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/03/09/terminus/index.html?source=rss A harrowing poem about rape and murder in the Balkans. By Ted Kleine Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/28/farrakhan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/28/farrakhan/index.html?source=rss Louis Farrakhan makes a bid to unify Islam in America -- and to be its No. 1 evangelist. By Hank Hyena Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/01/07/kuwait/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/01/07/kuwait/index.html?source=rss At the turn of the millennium, Kuwaiti sex police are trying to staunch the flow of Western sex sins from corrupting their land. By Frank Bures Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/12/08/zanzibar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/12/08/zanzibar/index.html?source=rss An enigmatic encounter with a would-be African terrorist leaves an expatriate wondering about truth and faith. By Hank Hyena Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/1999/10/29/dishes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/1999/10/29/dishes/index.html?source=rss Citizens of the Arab republic have found a way to skirt strict censorship laws. Letters to the Editor Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:01:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/18/birth_control/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/18/birth_control/index.html?source=rss Make men deal with birth control; race, music and Macy Gray; Lycos should run "Jews for Jesus" ads.