Word: imams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seemed about to achieve some kind of settlement. No such luck. The Nasser-backed republicans declined to give up their claim to power in San'a, the capital, and the royalists were not about to abandon the bitter fight waged in the hills by their leader, the deposed Imam Mohamed el Badr...
Both Feisal and Nasser now knew that military victory was probably impossible in the bleak, strife-torn land where some 40,000 Egyptian troops have been propping up a wobbly republican regime against the Saudi-backed royalist tribesmen who are trying to restore the Imam Mohamed el Badr to his throne. The civil war has cost scores of thousands of Yemeni lives as well as an estimated 10,000 Egyptian casualties. It has also put off the day all Arabs dream of when they can turn their united forces against Israel...
...with long memories for feuds and vendettas, it may take some talking before they will lay down their arms. Nasser can perhaps make the republicans do his bidding, even to dumping their ailing President, Abdullah Sallal, if necessary. But only the royalist princes, not Feisal alone, can dispose of Imam Badr. A possible compromise might lie in recognizing the Imam as a religious potentate without civil powers. But until the contending parties in Yemen reach agreement, the accord between Nasser and Feisal remains only a piece of paper and a lot of promises...
...recent successes, clear victory for Nasser is highly improbable. In the sere heights of northern Yemen, a man with a gun cannot easily be dislodged. Declared the Imam last week: "Yemen has fought for decades against foreign intruders, and is today stronger than ever. We are ready to fight this war for another ten years...
...retirement to take the job. As Grand Mufti of Egypt from 1955 until 1961, he issued thousands of rulings and interpretations on religious matters. As the 39th rector of Al Azhar, Mamoun's responsibilities are even more impressive. The post carries with it the titles of Grand Imam and Sheikh of Islam, which makes Mamoun the nearest thing to a Moslem pope. Yet with Egypt struggling to slough off its feudal ways, he must also guide the university toward turning out the educated elite essential to run a modern nation...