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Further, I do not know of any case in which the authorities promised a place on a waiting list for a TV in exchange for attending prayer sessions and demonstrations. Tens of thousands of Iranians willingly participate in these events. They need no enticements. Khadijah Alavi Tehran Ohio Visions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...secure the release of downed U.S. airman Robert Goodman in 1984. His mansion mingles massive concrete panels with delicate stained glass, marble floors, crystal chandeliers and a fountain between the living and dining rooms. But he shares it with several aides as well as his wife of 36 years, Khadijah (formerly Betsy), and some of their nine children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louis Farrakhan: Pride and Prejudice | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School graduate Jessica Byers, student Khadijah Britton, and student-teacher Tory Wilson spoke at an afternoon assembly attended by close to 500 students, Giroux said...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: City News Briefs | 10/13/1993 | See Source »

...best. Some of the most basic facts about his life are matters of conjecture, largely because Khomeini regards such personal details as unimportant. It is not known whether his birth date is actually May 17, 1900, as Tehran newspapers assert, or whether his wife of 50 years?Quesiran, or Khadijah, as different spellings have it?is his first or second spouse. Almost all Western translations of his basic prerevolutionary teachings are of doubtful authenticity or accuracy. In particular, a howlingly funny French translation of some of his remarks?dealing with, among other things, the proper attitude of Muslims toward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man Of The Year: Portrait of an Ascetic Despot | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

...Muhammad accepted a marriage proposal from Khadijah, a rich Meccan widow 15 years his senior, for whom he had led a successful caravan. With his financial security assured by Khadijah's wealth and business, he began to venture into the desert, to contemplate and pray, as had other Arab holy men before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: The Messenger of Allah | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

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