Word: islam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saudis saw the Israeli action both as a calculated insult to the Arab world and as final proof that under present conditions the Israelis simply are not prepared to negotiate a Palestinian settlement in any serious way. The Saudi royal family, moreover, looks upon itself as the guardian of Islam's holy places, which include Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's predominantly Arab Old City...
...Sadat back to the Arab fold, and have let it be known that he might gain some badly needed oil money to shore up Egypt's economy. Explained Chedli Klibi, the Tunisian secretary-general of the Arab League, in an interview with TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott: "In Islam we have a saying that if you try and fail-if you recognize your mistake-you will still find your reward. Sadat should recognize the truth and say, 'I've tried and failed.' By doing that he would show the world that he gave Israel a full...
...armored door. The attackers also shot and killed a woman neighbor and exchanged gunfire with police as they tried to flee the building. The three gunmen were arrested, and police hauled in two other suspects the following day. A militant Iranian group calling itself the Guards of Islam claimed to have ordered Bakhtiar's execution. Iran's Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, however, denied his government's involvement...
...death penalty." There seemed little doubt that his grim threat would be carried out with the same judicial severity that sent 42 other Iranians to their death last week on charges that ranged from sex offenses to organizing centers for the Bahai faith, a 19th century offshoot of Islam that is anathema to Iran's Shi'ite majority...
...captivity for the 53 American hostages in Iran, one of them unexpectedly found himself on the way to freedom. Last Thursday Radio Tehran broadcast the text of a message from the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to President Abolhassan Banisadr. "Considering the humane reasons that are seriously observed by Islam," decreed the Ayatullah, ailing Vice Consul Richard Queen, 28, "should be handed over to his parents so that they may provide treatment for him wherever they wish...