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Word: allahu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women." Many Arabs admire Saddam for his hazem, a sort of relentless strictness, although the image is at odds with a more secular impression that Iraq made until Saddam began shading his nation and himself toward fundamentalism. Last week, in a gesture of piety and defiance, Saddam ordained that Allahu akbar (God Is Great) should be sewed into the Iraqi tricolor flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam and the Arabs: The Devil in the Hero | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

...mullah takes the microphone and sings out the traditional Muslim call to prayer in Arabic. "Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar!" the call begins. Mesmerized, the Tadzhiks as one man -- there is not a woman in sight among the 10,000 except Alexandra -- raise their hands in the traditional Muslim posture of worship. The Soviets stiffen. The officers disappear from the windows. Except for the wail of the mullah, a total hush has descended upon the gathering. After the prayer call, the mullah reads a sura from the Koran honoring the dead. Three minutes later, the prayer and reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union 48 Hours of Chaos | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

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