Golf is Great

Afghanistan’s embattled country club
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Suzanne SwanDecember 18, 2008 06:50 EST

There may be few greens left on the golf course of Kristen Ohlsun's story on the remains of the sport in Afghanistan, but green is the colour most frequently associated with Islam. Hence we call Islamic finance and capital 'green capital' (yesil sermaye) in Turkey. Doesn't bode well for a 19th hole . . .

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