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Word: assadis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1979-1979
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...nations, like other countries, have both liberals and conservatives, democrats and dictators. The Islamic socialists of Iraq and Libya?not to mention Iranian moderates who want to see a parliamentary democracy established by their new constitution?look with disdain on a semifeudal monarchy like Saudi Arabia. Says Hussein Bani-Assadi, son-in-law of Iran's Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan: "Ideologically, this revolution cannot support systems like Saudi Arabia's. Islam has no kings." The Saudis answer that they have an institution that serves the needs of their society: the majlis, where King Khalid and the major princes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Islam | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

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