Word: ammar
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Since returning to Iraq after the U.S. invasion, al-Jaafari has worked to shore up his secularist credentials. "He may head a Shi'ite party, but he has never sounded like a Shi'ite politician," says Ammar Zain Alabideen, spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic Party, the leading Sunni political group. Dawa retains ties to the Iranian government, but al-Jaafari says that won't jaundice the way he views Washington. "The U.S. liberated Iraq from Saddam, and for that we will forever be grateful," he told TIME...
...khityar,” “Abu-Ammar,” or “Arafat,” the symbol of Palestinian struggle for liberation and independence, is no more. The father of the Palestinian dream passed away. The voice Palestinians for so long counted on to carry their message to the world faded out. It seems impossible, intangible, but it’s real. We Palestinians have to realize that for Arafat, it is game over, but for us, we just made it to another stage, with the difficulty level up, and with one key player down...
...Bernie always knew he wanted to be a priest,” says Raymond G. Ammar ’53, Law’s upperclass roommate for all three years in Adams. “His actions, his behavior, his entire interest was focused toward that...
...liberal,” Ammar says confidently. “It’s just the acceptance of Church teachings that gets him cast as a conservative...
Cessario and Ammar defend Law’s administrative choices as archbishop, saying he followed the rules of the Church in allowing Geoghan and others to remain in their posts without notifying parishioners of their misconduct...