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After hearing about a March 30 Daily News exposè on the textbooks, Imam Omar Namus of the Islamic Cultural Center on E. 96th St. publicly criticized the books before a gathering of almost 1,000 during Friday prayers at the Osman Bin Affan Mosque on E. 55th St.
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Namus returned to the subject the next day before a class of about 100 at his own E. 96th St. Islamic Center, the largest in the city.
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Angelica from Orlando's tent and placed her in the care of Duke Namus of
National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901
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Not satisfied at being placed under the care of Duke Namus of Bavaria,
The Book of the Epic 1894
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His attentions so incense Orlando that he begins a fight, which Charlemagne checks, declaring that Angelica -- who is placed in charge of Duke Namus -- shall be awarded to the warrior who distinguishes himself most in the coming war.
The Book of the Epic 1894
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Here, says Ariosto, Rinaldo falls in love with her, and, to prevent mischief, the king placed the coquette under the charge of Namus; but she contrived to escape her keeper, and fled to the island of Ebūda, where Rogēro found her exposed to a sea-monster, and liberated her.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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"What we suffered in five years - we forgot it yesterday," said Gaza farmer Nabil Abu Namus, 43, referring to the swap.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By KARIN LAUB 2011
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Abu Namus said he lost seven members of his clan in different bouts of fighting and his four-story family home was razed in the Gaza war.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By KARIN LAUB 2011
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Abu Namus said he lost seven members of his clan in different bouts of fighting and his four-story family home was razed in the Gaza war.
The Seattle Times 2011
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"What we suffered in five years - we forgot it yesterday," said Gaza farmer Nabil Abu Namus, 43, referring to the swap.
The Seattle Times 2011
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