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National Christian Action Coalition. This behind-the-scenes brain trust researches the issues on behalf of the above groups and others that are emerging. Naturally many Evangelicals of a more liberal political bent are nervous about the new muscular Christianity. Candidate Anderson, who has always urged the devout to get involved in politics, says, "I never believed they would interpose specific doctrine to reward or punish candidates. That totally violates the role the church should play." Anderson has probably been hurt somewhat by religious right-to-lifers...
Their antagonism is based less on personality than on principle. Despite his Sorbonne education, Banisadr is a devout Muslim layman who believes that the answers to all of Iran's problems can be found in Islam. Despite his clerical robes and title, Beheshti is a wily political pragmatist who uses ideology as a means to power. Twenty years ago, Beheshti was a writer of religious texts for public schools in Iran. A university professor who knew him then recalls that "he never argued with anyone. He seemed to believe that everyone is right. " Beheshti has apparently retained that ability...
...tires of Arab-owned vehicles are slashed and windows smashed. Gun-wielding Israelis invade the houses of Hebron residents, threatening and terrorizing them. At the Haram al-Khalil Mosque, built on the site where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are believed to have been buried, Jews disrupt the prayers of devout Muslims...
...chairman of a UNESCO conference on human rights in Bangkok. Educated at the Royal College in Colombo and Ceylon Law College, he has been an attorney since 1941, and became one of the youngest men named to the prestigious position of Queen's Counsel. Jayawardene is a devout Buddhist and an ardent supporter of wildlife conservation...
...stage as he did on. Throughout his life, he would stay up late with show business cronies, joking around. In a profession where rivalries tend to be fierce, he had no known enemies. Nor did he adopt Hollywood vices, except for an occasional visit to the track. A devout Catholic, Durante lived in a modest eight-room house and worked tirelessly to raise money for the Damon Runyon Fund for Cancer Research...