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Richard Landes The following article was published by MERIA: Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer 2017). For some reason it is not available at that site, so I post it here. Caliphator: one who believes that in our day, Islam will triumph over all other religions
We all heard the word al hob, the Arabic translation for love, bandied about in seemingly every pop song and television drama, but is it the only word out there? It is a question posed by Muhamed Al Khalil, an associate professor of Arabic at New York University, Abu Dhabi. The linguist explains how many Arabic speakers are yet to grasp the rich vocabulary on offer when it comes to expressing the various stages of love. "There are so many lists or series of words about love that you can find in Arabic literature," he says. "Many authors and Islamic scholars, like Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah (1292...
Dozens battle for nine LC5 seats in Lango Sub-region Wednesday January 20 2021 Dozens of LC5 candidates are eying nine slots in Lango Sub-region as the country elects district leaders today. In Apac, Asante Odongo of Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), the current LC5 vice chairperson, is battling for the seat with three others after the incumbent, Bob Okae, was elected Member of Parliament for Kwania North constituency. Others in the race are Walter Obang of Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC), Billy Okunyo of National Resistance Movement (NRM), and Mr Anthony Olobo Odur, who is standin...