Word: eddin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mubarak has expanded democratic freedoms at a time of severe economic problems and rising Islamic fundamentalism. When he was chosen for his first term in the tense period immediately after Sadat's death, "the big turnout was not for Mubarak, it was for Egypt," said Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim. "This time the turnout...
...rose to the veteran minister's defense. They noted that while he is sometimes viewed as the West's inveterate enemy, Yamani has often taken conciliatory stances. "Since the last few years have seen a deterioration in Saudi revenues, he may have been used as a scapegoat," said Saad-Eddin Ibrahim, a professor of political sociology at the American University in Cairo...
Mubarak has dealt firmly with the country's Moslem militants without seeming to be vengeful. Like Sadat, he says he will not permit religious-based political parties. But Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo observes, "He is not doing things that antagonize the militants. He gives an image of being clean, firm and fair." The fundamentalists, in fact, approve of Mubarak's campaign against corruption, his proposal to curb luxury imports, and his studiously private family life. "Some of the militants think he is redeemable and that they can establish a dialogue with...
...hanged by the Sadat government in 1978 for planning the murder of the former Religious Affairs Minister. To his followers, the charismatic Mustafa was an almost omnipotent authority on religious as well as personal matters. "Even after the death sentence had been handed out," wrote Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim in a study of the group, "Mustafa's followers would not believe that the government could take his life." Like many other fanatical Muslims, Takfir wa Hijra members seek to return to a purely Islamic society, and are willing to use violence to achieve that goal...
...more likely, merely encourage assassins by their lusty rhetoric, they leave little doubt of their connivance. Not far from where Mr. Tabatabai met his postman, former Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier was blown apart on Embassy Row in 1976. The day before the Tabatabai assassination, former Syrian Prime Minister Salah Eddin al-Bitar was shot to death in Paris. Two days before that, former Prime Minister Nihat Erim of Turkey was murdered in a suburb of Istanbul. That brings to nearly 1,000 the number of people killed in these "wars" since 1970-not all under the tutelage of governments...