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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ankori says his interest in Greek history revolved around the historical encounter there among three major religions--Judaism, Christianity and Islam...

Author: By Stephanie R. Martin, | Title: Ankori: He Rarely Sits When Talking On Arabs-Israeli | 7/9/1976 | See Source »

...People were much more cooperative in Senegal than in Mauritania where the first question asked was 'Are you a spy?'", Sharry said, the Moors, Sharry concluded, were baffled by his questions because he showed no "commitment" to Islam. Regional politics has played a tacit role in Sharry's thesis because the Spanish government refused to grant him permission to do social research in the disputed Spanish Sahara. Anyway, Sharry said he doesn't believe "the members of this movement are very strong in Spanish Sahara...

Author: By Diane Sherlock, | Title: Denizens of Widener | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

...important role, since only they can become bishops. While the number of monks in Western religious communities has declined by the hundreds during the past decade, the nine ancient Coptic monasteries of Egypt, almost deserted a few years ago, are now filled to overflowing. Though Egypt is identified with Islam, no place could be more appropriate for a monastic renaissance. It was in Egypt that monasticism first flowered, nurtured by the formidable example of the great 4th century anchorite, St. Anthony of the Desert. At the height of the movement, before the 7th century Arab invasions, Egypt boasted some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Desert Revival | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

There is a certain irony in that statement, since Jumblatt first came to power as the hereditary feudal chieftain of Lebanon's 300,000 Druzes, an esoteric branch of Islam that emerged in the 11th century. Other curious paradoxes mark his career. He is both a dedicated socialist and a millionaire. Despite his fidelity to Druze beliefs, he was educated at Roman Catholic schools, and studied law and philosophy at the Sorbonne. He knew and was deeply influenced by Jesuit Theologian-Anthropologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, quotes Thomas Aquinas frequently, and is respected as an authority on the mysticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Violent Week: The Politics of Death | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

...Jerusalem magistrate, Ruth Or, that Jews had a right to pray on the Temple Mount, the site of the ancient Temple of Solomon and hence Judaism's holiest site. It is also the site of Al Aqsa mosque, revered by Moslems as the third most sacred spot in Islam, after Mecca and Medina. Previously, Israel's Chief Rabbinate had forbidden Orthodox Jews even to set foot on the Temple Mount, lest they accidentally commit sacrilege by stepping into the ancient temple's lost Holy of Holies, where only the high priest could enter. But some militant Orthodox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Angry Riots on the West Bank | 3/29/1976 | See Source »

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