Word: islamize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government, for its part, said that the assassination was an attack on the very heart of the revolution-and some blamed the Communists. Motahari was the author of several theological textbooks widely used in Iran, and like most Shi'ite leaders he shared Khomeini's views of Islam as a political religion. A day of mourning was proclaimed, and he was honored as a martyr. After a huge funeral procession in the holy city of Qum, where Motahari had taught at the Faizieh School, one of Iran's leading theological colleges, Khomeini mourned...
...Civilization of Islam: An Introduction," William A. Graham Jr., Oleg Grabar, Muhsin S. Mahdi and Wheeler Thackston Jr. (omitted next year...
That old refrain about the glory of Islamic contributions to world civilization during the Middle Ages [April 16] is getting tiresome. What have they given the world since then? It doesn't wash! No, the retrogression has been pronounced for 700 years, and your kindness to Islam as a civilizing faith is not warranted by recent events...
Just back from living in Egypt, I was very pleasantly surprised by your open-minded, sensitive, even courageous reporting on Islam. I was inspired by what I saw of the Islamic way, a way that allows people to live and let live, apparently secure in the knowledge that Allah is with them and with all others they meet. Suzanne Grenager...
Perhaps the most significant point in the resurgence of the Islamic faith is the corresponding decline in the Christian religions. While leaders of Western churches have pandered to the apparent wishes of a potential membership among its youth, Islam continues to demand strict adherence to its rigorous codes...