Word: islam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...occasionally does, that in her own dump manner she is saying something." He refused to educate his sons, ordered them as young men to abstain from sex, and disowned the eldest, Harilal, for warning to get married. His son eventuallty attacked Gandhi in print, converted to Islam, and died an alcoholic...
...past ten years, the Ayatullah Jalal Ganje'i, 40, has been a professor of Islamic theology in Iran and Iraq. In the early 1960s he was a student of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of the Iranian revolution. In those days, both men were opposed to the repressive rule of the Shah of Iran, and Ganje'i spent several years in jail for his dissident activities. After the Shah's fall, Ganje'i sided with what he calls the "progressive" Islam of the Mujahedin-e Khalq, a guerrilla organization that is now trying...
...community had been brewing since Jan. 14, the day Ershad announced, in a burst of religious enthusiasm, that the Koran would be read this year at Feb. 21 ceremonies honoring Bengalis killed in 1951, when the fight for independence from Pakistan began. Said Ershad: "The ideals and principles of Islam will be reflected in every sphere of state and national life." Ershad's statement shocked the nation and especially incensed Bangladesh's non-Muslim minority (10% of the population), who saw it as a betrayal of the founding principles of the state...
...permanently abandoned in 1006 after an earthquake and the eruption of the nearby Merapi volcano. Covered with some two miles of bas-reliefs that depict the life of Buddha and the sacred stories of Buddhism, Borobudur is a source of immense national pride to Indonesia, even though Islam is now the religion of more than 95% of its people...
...David Douglas Duncan explored the Middle East. He lived in Cairo and Istanbul, Jerusalem and Tehran. He took his cameras among the Berbers of the High Atlas Mountains of northern Morocco. He joined the tribal migration of the Qashqai nomads across southern Iran. He wandered through the world of Islam as far as Malaya and Indonesia. His fascination with that realm enlivens The World of Allah (Houghton Mifflin; 280 pages; $35). From the film shot in his travels, Duncan has assembled a Pavlova of the highly photogenic landscapes and people of Islam. It is a warm and sympathetic vision...