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	<title>Wide Angle &#187; Islam</title>
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		<title>From Jihad to Rehab: Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/introduction/3834/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOUT THE ISSUE

Fifteen of the 19 hijackers in the attacks of September 11, 2001 were from Saudi Arabia. In the aftermath of the attacks, the Saudi government aggressively pursued domestic terrorists, dismantling Al Qaeda cells and rounding up thousands of people for questioning. But after the bombings on its own soil in Riyadh in 2003, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: U.N. Office Attacked in Islamabad, Obama Snubs Dalai Lama</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A suicide bomber strikes the U.N. World Food Program compound in central Islamabad, killing four Pakistanis and one Iraqi, all employees of the organization.

Ireland votes "yes" in a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, paving the way for the creation of an E.U. president. Ireland had voted "no" in a similar referendum last year, blocking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart of Jenin: Video: Does Your Religion Allow Organ Donation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people know where the Catholic Church stands on the question of when life begins. But when does life end? Does the Catholic religion allow the organs of a brain-dead person to be harvested? Can a Jewish person be an organ donor even though the religion says a body must be buried whole? What does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Police Prevent Commemorations in Tiananmen Square, Opposition Accuses Iranian President of Tainting Country&#8217;s Image</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links/4901/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama calls for "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world" in a long-awaited speech to the Muslim world delivered at Cairo University in Egypt. Reactions from leaders in the Muslim world are largely positive, with many calling the speech a good start, but awaiting action from the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dishing Democracy: Discussion Guide Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dishing Democracy goes behind the scenes at Arab television channel MBC in Cairo and its hit all-female talk show, Kalam Nawaem. Similar in style to ABC's The View, the top-rated program is hosted by four hosts of different ages, nationalities, and points of view who tackle such sensitive issues as homosexuality, domestic violence, women voting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dishing Democracy: Satellite TV Spurs Evolutionary Democracy in the Arab World</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/dishing-democracy/satellite-tv-spurs-evolutionary-democracy-in-the-arab-world/4337/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/dishing-democracy/satellite-tv-spurs-evolutionary-democracy-in-the-arab-world/4337/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marda Dunsky

Download the PDF here.



The right of citizens to freely elect representative governments is the hallmark of democratic societies. While this right is not widely enjoyed in the Arab world, democratization in Arab societies has nevertheless taken root -- bolstered by media technologies that bypass government control and put the potential for change in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dishing Democracy: Video Segment 4</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/dishing-democracy/video-segment-4/4701/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[cove  w="482" h="379" src="http://player.theplatform.com/ps/player/pds/LY5D57YOC1?pid= Ihp8OBJ1CVpcw73JjKsi0E5vr3m25oXd"]

Muna AbuSulayman talks about her life as a Muslim feminist and what it's like for her to appear on Kalam Nawaem. ]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Pirates Capture Four More Ships, N. Korea Vows to Restart Nuclear Program</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-pirates-capture-four-more-ships-n-korea-vows-to-restart-nuclear-program/4597/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-pirates-capture-four-more-ships-n-korea-vows-to-restart-nuclear-program/4597/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea says it will boycott nuclear disarmament talks and restart its nuclear weapons program to protest the United Nations Security Council's condemnation of N. Korea's April 5 rocket launch.

The trial of Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old Iranian-American journalist accused of spying for the U.S., begins in Iran.

Somali pirates hijack four ships and more than 60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan at the Polls: Map: Pakistan&#8217;s Electoral Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/pakistan-at-the-polls/map-pakistans-electoral-politics/4286/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/pakistan-at-the-polls/map-pakistans-electoral-politics/4286/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benazir Bhutto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan is divided into four provinces -- Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and the North-West Frontier -- and two volatile territories, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Northern Areas, in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. In this fractured parliamentary democracy, most people vote on local rather than national issues, and the mainstream political parties that hold sway in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Jihad to Rehab: And Back</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/and-back/4180/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/and-back/4180/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eleven former Guantanamo inmates who underwent Saudi Arabia's rehabilitation program for jihadists now appear to have fled the country and joined terrorist organizations abroad. Their names appear on a list of 85 wanted terrorism suspects that was released by the Saudi government on Tuesday.

At least one these suspects, Said al-Shihri -- now reportedly serving as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/oprah-in-the-middle-east/4134/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The introduction of satellite television in the late 1990s has had a profound effect on Middle Eastern society. Until then, state-run programming was about the only option for most people in the region. Today, viewers in the Arab world can watch anything from Al Jazeera to The Oprah Winfrey Show. 

Oprah now reaches over 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Jihad to Rehab: Watch the Focal Point Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/watch-the-focal-point-episode/3826/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/watch-the-focal-point-episode/3826/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Please view the original post to see the video.
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		<title>From Jihad to Rehab: Audio: Why Militants Quit</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/audio-why-militants-quit/3833/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/audio-why-militants-quit/3833/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. John Horgan is the director of the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State University. In researching the question of how and why militants disengage from terrorist movements, Horgan has interviewed former terrorists from Ireland to Indonesia.

FOCAL POINT spoke to Dr. Horgan about the Saudi program for the rehabilitation of former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Jihad to Rehab: Slideshow: Art Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/slideshow-art-therapy/3809/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/from-jihad-to-rehab/slideshow-art-therapy/3809/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Saudi Arabia's experimental rehabilitation center for former jihadists, art therapy is used to teach participants to express themselves non-violently. The prevalent interpretation of Islamic law forbids the depiction of people or animals, so most of the drawings are graphic, and some incorporate verses from the Koran and other text. Click on the images below [...]]]></description>
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