harrisonprice.com - 6/27/2009
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I have been working my way, for the second time, through a book by Lawrence Wright called The Looming Tower al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. It is a fascinating, exhaustively researched book that covers many topics related to Islamic fundamentalism. I find the concept of the Takfir to be very ...
Suicide, Terrorism, and the Looming Tower
harrisonprice.com 7/7/2009 — As I wrote in an earlier article , I have been working my way through The Looming Tower for the second time. In my first post, we learned about how Islamic extremists had found a way around the Koran’s forbidding of killing innocents (and other Muslims). This time, we will examine how ...
Sears Tower Becomes Willis Tower Thursday
huffingtonpost.com 7/15/2009 — CHICAGO (AP) -- Known as the Sears Tower since it opened in 1973, the tallest building in the United States is set to change its name to Willis Tower.
The London-based insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings will make the name change official Thursday with a ceremony at the downtown ...
'Willis Tower' name will live in shadow of 'Sears Tower' -
chicagotribune.com 7/17/2009 — First came the puzzled looks. Then the confused glances. And finally the questions. "You mean the Sears Tower ?" On the day that the nation's tallest building was officially renamed Willis Tower, at least a few Chicagoans were still in the dark -- or, ...
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