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The Investigation of the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

It was 9:35 a.m. when Adel Sirhan, one of Munir's older brothers, informed
Sergeant D. J. James of the Pasadena police that he and his brother could
positively identify the suspect, whose picture appeared in the extra edition of the
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner he was holding. He was their middle brother,
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Sergeant James led them upstairs to the office of
Lieutenant G. E. Wright, who listened to what Adel had to say, and without asking
further questions, called ...

Christ in Islam and Christianity

Christ in Islam and Christianity is an analysis of the different Christian approaches to Jesus in the Qur'an and in the classical Muslim commentaries. The author presents controversial suggestions about the relevance of the Qur'anic representation of Jesus and Mary to Muhammad and his menage. Included are extensive translations of extracts from classical Muslim commentaries including Sunni, Mu'tazilite, Shia, and Sufi. Much of the Muslim material which the author translates has not previously been translated into English.

In the next stage 'there was a growing interest in historical accounts' and the use
of 'gospel materials and hagiography'. In time there developed a preference for '
punishment substitutionism' which envisaged the crucifixion of the betrayer or of
the person sent to arrest Jesus. Finally by the sixth/ twelfth century there was an
attempt 'to interpret the entire passage in one complete story'. Ayoub seems to be
right about the final stage. He is also correct when he points to the development
of ...

Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory

Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory

In this reading of Islamic legal hermeneutics, Robert Gleave explores various competing notions of literal meaning, linked to both theological doctrine and historical developments, together with insights from modern semantic and pragmatic philosophers. Literal meaning is what a text means in itself, regardless of what its author intends to convey or the reader understands to be its message. As Islamic law is based on the central texts of Islam, the idea of a literal meaning that rules over human attempts to understand God's message has resulted in a series of debates amongst modern Muslim legal theorists.

It is not necessarily germane to my purpose here to rehearse the arguments
which have dominated the field of early Islamic legal studies.1 It is important to
note, however, that prior to the writings of al-ShÁfiÝÐ, there is very little evidence
of any explicit interest in legal theory. By this I mean that the extant texts of early
Islamic jurisprudence contain many references to and refutations of the opinions
of the great scholars of the early period, but there is little discernible systematic
concern ...

Khalil Gibran

un prophète et son temps

Je ne connais pas d'autre exemple dans l'histoire de la littérature d'un livre qui ait acquis une telle notoriété, qui soit devenu une petite bible pour d'innombrables lecteurs, et qui continue cependant à circuler en marge, comme sous le manteau, comme sous des dizaines de millions de manteaux, faudrait-il dire, mais sous le manteau quand même, comme si Gibran était toujours un écrivain secret, un écrivain honteux, un écrivain maudit. AMIN MAALOUF, à propos du Prophète, KHALIL GIBRAN représente l'un des phénomènes littéraires les plus étonnants du XXe siècle : largement ignoré par les spécialistes, son succès a fracassé tous les records et s'est moqué des frontières, comme des modes, des croyances ou des idéologies. Pour ses millions de lecteurs, il se confond avec son Prophète, personnage de légende et modèle romantique d'une sagesse à la portée de tous. Faut-il s'étonner que Khalil Gibran reste encore très mal connu ? Les nombreuses études qui lui ont été consacrées jusqu'ici ne vont guère au-delà des récits pieux sans cesse repris : entre sa naissance au Liban en 1883 et sa mort prématurée à New York en 1931, le jeune exilé en révolte cède le pas à l'artiste doué d'une sensibilité exceptionnelle, qui s'efface à son tour devant l'auteur connu et aimé dans le monde entier. Un pudique voile a toujours recouvert entre autres sa vie affective, aussi discrète que tumultueuse. Ce livre est le premier à aborder la vie de Gibran dans toute sa complexité. Robin Waterfield s'y est intéressé pendant de nombreuses années et nous révèle, sans complaisance ni préjugés, un personnage fascinant, un être tourmenté dont les contradictions ébranlent, sans pourtant la démolir, la légende qu'il avait lui-même construite.

A description of the valley of Bogota, and the falls of Tecuendama, in the Republic of Colombia

The summit on which we enjoyed this prospect, was about 5 to 600 feet above
the valley. Even the mountains which surround this charming place exhibited a
scenery entirely new to us ; they were clothed with down, or close herbage of
perpetual green, and though many of them were elevated and romantic, yet they
conveyed an idea of the Bublime and beautiful without any of the terror-of
mountain scenes. Within our view was a body of territory capable, under proper
culture, ...

A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenandoah in 1861

I telegraphed you yesterday, if not strong enough to beat the enemy early next
week, make demonstrations so as to detain him in the valley of Winchester ; but if
he retreats in force towards Manassas, and it be hazardous to follow him, then
consider the route via Keyes' Ferry, Leesburg, &c. " WlNFIELD SOOTT. "general
B. Patterson." I did not consider myself " strong enough to beat the enemy," nor
did any officer with whom I consulted ; I determined, therefore, " to make
demonstrations ...

View of the valley of the Mississippi, or, The emigrant's and traveller's guide to the West

containing a general description of that entire country : and also notices of the soil, productions, rivers, and other channels of intercourse and trade : and likewise of the cities and towns, progress of education, &c. of each state and territory

Having in the last chapter given a brief and general History of the Valley of the
Mississippi, I proceed now to make some remarks upon the rapid increase of
population in that region, and to assign some reasons for believing that it must
continue to increase at a rapid rate, for along period, in future. The first French
settlements in the Valley of the Mississippi were made in the latter part of the
seventeenth century. In 1699, Bienville and Ibberville planted a colony at Biloxi,
which is in the ...