Word: islamicizing
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The student also noted that, based on first-hand accounts, many people in Iran also do not know what will emerge from the unrest. Unlike the Islamic Revolution 30 years ago when Iranians were eager to depose the Shah, this time around many protesters do not have a concrete goal...
See TIME's covers from the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Friday's weekly Friday prayer service at Tehran University will have done a lot more than honor the onset of the Muslim sabbath. The country's Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, led the service himself and called for "peace and tranquility" and an end to the mass protests. He made...
Khamenei had publicly requested the attendance of all the main players in the political drama that has roiled Iran since the disputed election. Reports on Thursday suggested that opposition presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi encouraged his supporters to attend the event, but overnight word circulated that he and reformist candidate...
Nairobi-based Somali analyst Abshir Hassan said of Thursday's attack: "It will change a lot on the ground, and it is a major setback to the government to lose this competent Minister." The fall of Sharif's government would represent a double blow, both to prospects for peace in...