Word: korans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though television antennas sprout in even the smallest villages, the country has only two TV channels. Apart from morning shows for children, the broadcast day usually begins at 2 p.m. with readings from the Koran. The rest of the fare includes foreign-language classes, American science programs of 1950s vintage and news programs in Farsi, Arabic and English, a feature designed to spread Iranian views to the gulf states. The Iranians can even watch quiz shows; one favorite involves teams of players racing to complete a crossword puzzle. Live and televised soccer matches draw large audiences, which watch the four...
Pilgrims go to the Plain of Arafat, hallowed for its ties to Abraham, because of the injunction in the holy Koran: "And proclaim unto mankind the hajj. They will come unto thee on foot and on every lean camel, from every deep ravine...
...Nigerian officials have avoided taking a census for fear that religious passions would be inflamed by the probable discovery that Muslims, not Christians, now make up a majority of the population. No matter. Last week violence exploded anyway after a student in the northern city of Kafanchan criticized the Koran. Ensuing clashes between Muslim and Christian students led to a week of turmoil that left 13 dead, countless injured, 489 arrested and a trail of burned property, including twelve churches and two mosques in five cities. When peace was restored, officials blamed the unrest on "misguided elements" and denied that...
...fall of 1986 North dreamed up a rather surrealistic Bible-for-Koran swap to demonstrate U.S. good intentions. It eventually backfired when the Iranians displayed the Bible to humiliate the President. In October, North journeyed to Frankfurt, West Germany, to meet with a group of Iranians and presented them with a Bible inscribed by the President with words from St. Paul's letter to the Galatians: "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, 'All the nations shall be blessed in you.' " As he did so, he told them...
...Moonshadow and Peace Train has just finished an eleven-day visit to Turkey from his home in London. "My records sold all over Europe, but I was not a man of show business," Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, told Turkish reporters. "I was feeling lost. But once I read the Koran I took refuge in the guidance of Allah. This took the place of secular things. All my concepts have changed." Indeed. Islam, 37, also chided those who let music take "the place of Allah...