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10 Jul 2:02 pm
Four Berbers: Four Berbers, No Waiting, Get It? Oh, Tee hee...
29 Mar, 2008 11:36 pm
... were also monophysites, considered a heresy by the Europeans that ruled over them previously, and persecuted as a result. North African Berbers also had ample grounds and
motive to seek retribution against the Vandals, who raided and pillaged Berber lands from their base in Spain. But even the Greek Orthodox
Church that dominated the Near East had their differences with Western Europe, which would create similar dichotomies in the modern world ...
11 Feb, 2007 5:26 am
STRATEGYPAGE REPORTS ON an improvement, of sorts, in Algeria: "The major problem in Algeria is no longer Islamic terrorists, but corrupt, inefficient government. The next rebellion will
likely be based on desire for a better government, or ethnic grievances (the Berbers), not Islamic radicalism."
10 Aug, 2007 10:43 am
Boukhtouchen v. Gonzales, No. 06-2587 (unpublished). The petitioner is an Algerian Berber. And a Federalist! (Well, an Algerian Federalist, but
he could I guess, join the Federalist Society, right?) The First affirms a denial of asylum, because the level of political harassment wasn't that high. The petitioner, however argues,
that the BIA didn't take his appeal seriously, but the First says it did a good enough job.
20 Dec, 2007 5:41 am
... United States v. Lyons, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 29307 (10th Cir. December 18, 2007).* Reasonable suspicion existed after two vehicles were seen together on a road for alien smuggling
after triggering a seismic device that brought attention to them. United States v. Berber-Tinoco, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 29301 (9th Cir. December
19, 2007).* Search issue failed on plain error review. It involved one gun of three, and the defendant admitted his ownership of the gun to the police three months later, and ...
21 Dec, 2007 2:47 am
... violating religious beliefs, whether there is such a compelling government interest as to require the giving of a sample, and through the least burdensome means. Congratulationss to
AFPD Gail Ivers of the C. D. Ca. (Los Angeles) for the win. U.S. v. Berber-Tinoco, No. 06-50684 (12-19-07). This was a stop close to the border
for suspicious activity (crime afoot) occasioned by slow driving, in tandem, in a rural area, and pattern of directions. More interesting is the fact that the judge knew the ...
13 Apr, 2008 12:05 am
... of ever-evolving Nashville, strolling around on a balmy day after a meeting near Vanderbilt; I got a kick out of that (in between cell phone intrusions) even though I've been there
a few times. But I've never been to Morocco, with its amazing mix of Berber, Roman, Greek, Visigoth, Arab, French and Spanish influences. For
the last few years, I've been thinking and reading about Morocco. Can an American company please hire me or mine to work there? In the meantime, I visit Maryam's My Marrakesh. I ...
16 May, 2008 1:38 pm
... Let the music begin: Shi'ites against Sunni or Arabs against Persians, Alawites against Sunnis, Cypriot Turks against Cypriot Greeks, Druzes against Marionites, Jews against
Muslims, Kurds against Arabs and Persians, Moors against Berbers, Sikhs against Hindus, Singhalese against Tamils, Germanics against Slavics, and Slavics against Turks, the
Catholic against the Orthodox, the believers against the atheists, Hazaras and Pashtuns against Russian occupants, Baluchi against Punjabi, Vietnamese ...
29 May, 2008 9:02 pm
... ) was born in Allègre, France, to a mother who was a writer and a father who was a judge. An anthropology student at the University of Paris and other schools, she went to
northeastern Algeria 4 times in the 1930s on missions to study Berbers and other groups. She would become, in the words of the French daily Libération, "a pioneer in anthropology
and a visceral opponent of all totalitarianisms." On August 13, 1942, the Gestapo arrested her for having helped form the French Resistance to Nazi ...
19 Oct, 2008 9:39 pm
... Laws," and it is due to this that we are able to recreate much of the work from the surviving fragments. Cicero also articulated an early, abstract conceptualisation of rights,
based on ancient law and custom." Augustine of Hippo (St. Augustine), of Berber descent, quoted above, has relevance today, especially through
his best-known work, The Confessions of St. Augustine: "Augustine is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity, and is considered to be one of ...
11 Jun 8:30 am
... part of the Bollingen Series. ButI oversimplify. Apparently "Muqaddimah" means "Introduction"--in this case an introduction to The Book of Lessons and Archive of Early and
Subsequent History, Dealing with Political Events Concerning Arabs, non-Arabs, and Berbers, and with their Contemporary Supreme Rulers (that from Bruce Lawrence's helpful
introduction to the "Introduction"). The whole work is available in a three-volume Bollingen set at $325 (I haven't long version). No amount of summary can ...
26 Sep 7:07 am
... . He proposes a number of reforms, including moving the U.N. out of New York to a European location, or India, or China. Despite still having some wacky ideas like wanting to pitch
tent in Central Park, he does tap into some deep-seated grievances around the world about U.N. inequities. Updates Gadhafi announced this afternoon that he's canceling his visit to
Canada. Hope it wasn't anything we said. Too bad, we really wanted to see some Berber tents pitched in the ruggedness of Newfoundland.
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