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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 12:16pm Apr 3, 2003 EST (# 11018 of 11027)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

These ideas have a great deal of terror - and in workable human terms, they are nonsense - however "beautiful" they may seem when you don't actually apply them to real human circumstances.

We should confront these ideas. Step by step. In detail. They are worth a look. Berman is right to be concerned - and Almarst , I think you're acting degraded, just now.

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Milestones - By Sayyid Qutb "Mankind today is on the brink of a precipice, not because of the danger of complete annihilation which is hanging over its head-this being just a symptom and not the real disease" . . . read more http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/index_2.asp

Milestone by Syed Qutb http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/index_2.asp

Table of Index: Introduction http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/freshlook.asp

Chapter 1: The unique Qur'anic generation http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_1.asp

Chapter 2: The nature of the Qur'anic method http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_2.asp

Chapter 3: The Characteristics of the Islamic Society and the Correct method for its Formation http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_3.asp

Chapter 4: Jihadd in the cause of God http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_4.asp

Chapter 5: La Ilaha Illa Allah-The way of Life of Islam http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_5.asp

Chapter 6: The Universal Law http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_6.asp

Chapter 7: Islam is the Real Civilization http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_7.asp

Chapter 8: The Islamic Concept and Culture http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_8.asp

Chapter 9: A Muslim's Nationality and his Belief http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_9.asp

Chapter 10: Far-Reaching Changes http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_10.asp

Chapter 11: The faith Triumphant http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_11.asp

Chapter 12: This is the Road http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/chapter_12.asp

Fresh Look at Sayyid Qutb's Writing Sayyid Qutb is easily one of the major architects and "strategists" of contemporary Islamic revival. Along with Maulana Maududi, the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, the revivalist . . . read more http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/freshlook.asp

Remembering Sayyid Qutb It is perhaps indicative of the present state of the Ummah that, outside his native Egypt and a small circle of Islamic activists, few Muslims are aware that August 29 marked the . . . read more http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/remember.asp

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Sayyid's vision is totalitarian - and we should confront this nonsense, not ignore it. Under pressure, these ideas WILL BREAK.

jorian319 - 12:16pm Apr 3, 2003 EST (# 11019 of 11027)

U.S. troops moved into the center of Iraq (news - web sites)'s holy city of Najaf on Thursday, bolstered by an edict from a top local Shi'ite Muslim leader urging people not to interfere with them.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=564&e=9&u=/nm/20030403/ts_nm/iraq_fatwa_dc

Sorry if this bums out our alarmist.

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