Word: fanaticism
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The roots of resentment have been festering ever since the Shi'ites split off from the dominant Sunni Muslims in the 7th century. Of the world's 750 million Muslims, less than 20% are Shi'ites. Some 42 million of them are in Iran, where they make up 92% of...
At that point, the Stammers asked Gerhard to find another home for his friend. He promised to do so, but nothing happened. Weeks turned into months, months into years. Pedro stayed. Why did the Stammers not report their guest to the police? Because, said Gitta, Gerhard told them their lives...
As the dimensions of the drama widened in Brazil, a little more light was shed upon some of its shadowy supporting players. Wolfgang Gerhard, who seemed to have been Pedro's ubiquitous fixer, was, said Austrian Consul-General Otto Heller in Sao Paulo, a fanatic Nazi who brought out a...
Suwar al Dahab must also soothe religious divisions aggravated 19 months ago when Nimeiri imposed strict Islamic law on Sudan. Under Nimeiri's draconian enforcement of the Sharia code, the country took on a strangely medieval air: public lashings and executions were reinstated, couples in the street were asked to...
I'M AS MUCH for international goodwill as the next buy, but is every school child knows, the ends do not necessarily justify the means. When a fanatic buys 215 copies of "We are the World," is he trying to help out the Ethiopians, or merely indulging in massive star...