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Those who have made the pilgrimage can add the respected title haci before their names, an honour proudly displayed on shop-owner’s signs.
In the UK, in particular, some scientists seemed concerned that their mature and respected system for funding research risked dilution.
A fatwa is normally an interpretation of Islamic law by a respected Islamic authority, but neither Bin Ladin, Zawahiri, nor the three others who signed this statement were scholars of Islamic law.
All papers run inside stories on what the WP calls "South Africa's worst-kept secret"--the wedding of South African President Nelson Mandela with Graca Machel, a widely respected black liberation leader who lives in Mozambique (and intends to commute from there).
There was a pathetic scene a few weeks ago in Los Angeles, home to several respected labor-community initiatives.