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...debate goes to the heart of American education. "Who is in charge of children -- parents or the state?" asks Linda Williams, a Christian Fundamentalist mother of four boys, ages 4 to 13, who teaches them for two hours each morning at home in Bangor, Me. "We're saying the parents are." She points out that there are no drugs in her bathroom, or switchblades in the hallways. "We're kidding ourselves if we think we're putting our kids in the same schools we went to," she says...
...ites of Arabia's east coast have for decades met with cultural and religious intolerance from the dominant Wahhabi (Sunni fundamentalist) authorities. Among young Shi'ite men, the unemployment rate is 30%, and would be far higher but for Aramco...
...traditional patriarchy begins to disintegrate. The Palestine Liberation Organization still serves as banner and facade, but many Palestinians believe that it is increasingly feckless, corrupt and out of touch. The failures of leadership on either side of the struggle collaborate to create a sense of hopelessness. Hamas, the fundamentalist Islamic movement, feeds handsomely upon the ambient despair...
...riots in April 1989 convinced King Hussein that he needed to engage the public in the kingdom's political and economic problems. Last November he called the first national elections in 22 years. The result was telling: of the 80 parliamentarians elected, 34 were members or supporters of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood. Although the moderate Brotherhood was the only organized opposition force to stand in the elections, Arab leaders read the outcome as a confirmation of their worst fears. While Hussein favors continued reforms, he retains absolute control of defense and foreign policy...
...fundamentalist victory alarms the Arab world. -- Israel vs. the U.S.: Who ya gonna call? -- In the Balkans the game is different, but the players are still pretty much the same...