Word: islamicization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Take, for example, the plight of the Islamic Society.
The current prayer space can comfortably serve about 30 to 40 worshippers, according to Mitsuru Watanabe '98, president of the Islamic Society. "During Ramadan, the month of fasting, a lot of students come, and it gets tight," Watanabe says.
But the Islamic Society attracts an estimated 100 worshippers for its weekly congregational prayers, and must relocate to Lowell Lecture Hall each Friday for these services.
"[The Canaday basement room] is certainly sufficient for our daily needs, but it doesn't allow for any expansion beyond the current state of the group," says Umair A. Qadeer '98, a former secretary of the Islamic Society.
CAIRO: Today?s deadly attack on tourists by suspected Islamic militants in Cairo was a direct response to the death sentences imposed on four of their comrades earlier this week, says TIME?s Cairo reporter Amany Radwan. "Their motivation is to tell the government: 'You think you have the upper...