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The verdict of Qom.(The verdict of Qom)
The Economist (US)
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July 21, 2007
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Sceptical, after their fashion
Theory and practice
THEY call Qom "the Shia Vatican". President Ahmadinejad is reported to have said that when Islam ruled the world Qom would be its capital. Rome need not worry: Qom will never compete for its tourists. At first glance, despite the imposing golden cupola of the Sayyeda Fatima shrine, this desert city some 100km (60 miles) from Tehran is a backwater, devoid of grace and greenery. Its seminaries, however, are home to perhaps 60,000 clerical students. And the broad highway that slices from Tehran to Qom through ...
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...for Halloween, but few have ever been to hell - the evangelical Christian variety, that...their versions of the sinful life in "Hell Houses," replete with graphic dramatizations...shock calloused youth into salvation. Most Hell House performances last through October...
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Transcript from: CBS This Morning
; ...UPDATED. MITCHELL: Just in time for Halloween, we`re going to show you hell on earth. That`s right. We`re taking you to hell and back. Meet John Colone, who is in Hell -- Michigan, that is. Good morning to you, John. JOHN COLONE, HELL...
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Hell--A Hot Topic in Art and Literature for 4000 Years
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
; 00-00-0000 LIANE HANSEN, Host: `Hell hath no limits,' Christopher Marlowe. `Hell is other people,' Jean Paul Sartre. `Hell is oneself,' T. S. Eliot. `Hell is the largest shared construction project in imaginative history...
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HELL HOUSE IS HOMELESS PASTOR SEEKS PLACE TO HOLD IN-YOUR-FACE CHRISTIAN EVENT.(City Desk/Local)
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