Word: fundamentalistism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrats claim they have registered at least 3 million new voters. But the Republicans boast that they have added as many to their rolls, and the conservative fundamentalist group Moral Majority claims an additional 2 million...
Professor Cox also downplays fundamentalist fears of a Federal cadre of secular humanists setting out to destroy religions. He muses that the Moon case may be an example of the risks of a strong central government...
...Reagan get his hands on the Supreme Court!" he shouted at the N.A.A.C.P. convention. Appearing at George Washington University last week, Mondale declared, "This election is not about Republicans sending hecklers to my rallies. It is about Jerry Falwell picking Justices for the Supreme Court." (The Fundamentalist preacher had earlier boasted that "we" will get three to five high court appointments.) The line drew a prolonged standing ovation for Mondale and a "We want Fritz" chant from the students. But the Democratic candidate usually makes an issue of the court only before liberal audiences, presumably because he fears it will...
Nonetheless, the troublemaking has continued. Even Libyan and Soviet diplomats have on occasion been harassed by fundamentalist groups, and a number of Western officials and journalists have been kidnaped. (Late last week, Reuters Correspondent Jonathan Wright was released unharmed by unidentified gunmen after being held for 23 days.) All these terrorist incidents, coming at a time when Syria was trying to bring some kind of order to Lebanon, have embarrassed the Damascus government of President Hafez Assad. Worse, they bring with them the possibility of U.S. retaliation. The Syrians thus have reason to be annoyed with their onetime surrogates...
Hassan is a master of nondemocratic means. After price increases led to bloody rioting and some 100 deaths in January, he blamed much of the unrest on Muslim fundamentalist groups. The police stepped up surveillance in mosques and tightened religious censorship; Hassan imprisoned as many as 1,000 suspected agitators. Just two months ago, 13 of the 71 activists accused of conspiring to overthrow the King were sentenced to death...