Word: islam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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GIVEN Khomeini's ability to use Islam as a tool for political repression and the war as a justification for national crises--political, social, or economic--the regime has managed to eliminate all its rivals. Today, the only threat to Khomeini's power comes from within the army--that gigantic military establishment built by the late Shah. For four years the Khomeini regime has used the war to keep the army out of the capital and thus avert the possibility of a military coup d'etat. In order to prevent the emergence of military heroes, it has tried to attribute...
...world agree that these instances represent not the rule but rather the exceptions in Israel's dealings with its Arab population. Israeli Arabs not only enjoy full political rights they have representatives in the Knessel but also unrestricted religious practice. The Israeli Government safe guards the holy shrines of Islam and every year helps in the chartering of buses for Arab pilgrims wishing to travel to Mecca and Medina for holidays. Thousands of Arab children attend free Israeli public schools and have access to institutions of higher education. Furthermore, many Arabs over the years have benefited from social programs stretching...
Despite its increasing military muscle, the Amal has steered a relatively moderate course, rejecting the fanatical Islam associated with the Shi'ites of Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini. When Moussa Sadr mysteriously disappeared after a falling-out with Muammar Gaddafi during a visit to Libya in 1978, he was soon succeeded by the forceful Berri, a lawyer by training, who quickly won a reputation for keeping his own counsel. Like other Muslim leaders, Berri has fiercely opposed the Christian Phalangists. But although the Amal gets much of its financial and military support from the Syrians, Berri has refused...
There is a fundamental doctrinal reason for such enmity. Islam proclaims that Muhammad was the "Seal of the Prophets," God's final messenger to mankind. But the Baha'i faith-an offshoot of Shi'ism, which is itself a minority branch of Islam-asserts that two prophets came after Muhammad. To Muslims this constitutes a new, perverted faith. The first prophet was Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, who declared in 1844 that he was the Bab (gate), the pathway to God. He was executed in 1850 as a heretic. When Persian authorities tried to wipe out his disciples...
...revealed God's message in 100-odd books, which were translated from Arabic and Farsi as the creed spread. The Old Testament messianic predictions and New Testament passages on Christ's second coming are seen as references to Baha'u'llah. In contrast to Islam, the Baha'i faith believes in equal treatment for men and women and teaches that modern science is compatible with true religion...