Word: imam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...several days before the takeover, Asgharzadeh dispatched confederates to rooftops overlooking the embassy to monitor the security procedures of the U.S. Marine guards. Around 6:30 a.m. on the cataclysmic day, the ringleaders gathered 300 selected students, thereafter known as Student Followers of the Imam's Line, and briefed them on the battle plan. To break the chains locking the embassy's gates, a female student was given a pair of metal cutters that she could hide beneath her chador...
...have to support any nation that has adisaster, Muslim or Christian. This is our dutyand Islam ordered us to do that, but we have aspecial support for [those] in Kosova because theyare Muslim," says Imam Basyuny M. Aly, a religiousleader in the mosque...
...concentrate on humanitarian efforts andraising awareness among Muslims and non-Muslims,"said Imam Talal Y. Eid, the religious director ofthe Islamic Center of New England, at the ISBUevent...
...Imam, an Islamic priest and president of the Islamic Society, spoke after Fitaihi. He addressed the crowd in Arabic. Following his speech, the crowd dispersed...
Furthermore, the article said that Imam Hosein "denied the validity of other religions" and quoted him as saying: Truth is Allah and Allah is one. Therefore, truth is one." This statement needs clarification. "Allah" is the Arabic term for the one God, no different from the God worshipped by Jews. While Islam certainly affirms that truth is uniform since there is only one God, it does not deny the validity of monotheistic faiths like Judaism and Christianity. The Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, shows that Islam is a continuation of the Abarahamic faith as revealed over time...