Word: fundamentalistism
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...preserve the symbol than suffer a relapse into violence and anarchy. As tension mounted last week, gunmen once again fired mortars and machine guns across the "green line" separating Christian and Muslim Beirut. Renewed fighting between the rival Shi'ite Muslim organizations -- Amal, supported by Syria, and the Islamic fundamentalist Hizballah, backed by Iran -- is also a prospect. Last week three Amal militia commanders were killed in an ambush south of Beirut, presumably by Hizballah gunmen...
Although Mahdi has relaxed enforcement of the laws, he has yet to void or replace them because they are supported by the fundamentalist National Islamic Front, an increasingly powerful member of his fragile ruling coalition. Early this month, the Sudanese Cabinet approved a new and stricter code of Islamic law, or Shari'a, but it has yet to be passed in parliament. In the meantime, the fighting has forced at least 500,000 southerners to flee to Khartoum. Each side in the civil war has accused the other of manipulating food shipments to famine victims as a weapon to gain...
Arab countries, including such moderate states as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, have rallied behind Iraq, charging the U.S. press with overdramatizing the situation. These states, preoccupied with the threat posed to them by Iran's fundamentalist regime, are wary of undermining Iraq at a critical stage in the cease-fire. Moreover, no Arab state is eager to antagonize Iraq, which has the strongest army in the region. The Arabs also sympathize with Baghdad's contention that a U.N. investigation would set a dangerous precedent...
Sassy's strong readership (circ. 500,000 after only seven issues) probably guarantees that it will survive the Fundamentalist fire. Sandra Yates, president of Matilda Publications, the New York City company that publishes Sassy, says new advertising contracts have "virtually replaced" the revenue lost from dropped accounts. In any case, the editorial content of Sassy will evolve. November's issue will contain the article "Virgins Are Cool...
Eight years ago, it would've been unthinkable that a fundamentalist television evangelist would be delivering major addresses during prime time at a Republican convention. Reagan helped changed that...