Word: korans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...compensate for a chronic lack of Islamic holy books, Saudi Arabia has printed 1 million copies of the Koran for Soviet Muslims -- and Aeroflot has agreed to deliver them...
...Primarily in Uzbekistan but also in other Central Asian republics, Muslim TV and radio programs are now a regular feature. Some Muslim prayer gatherings are televised along with readings from the Koran...
...except Alexandra -- raise their hands in the traditional Muslim posture of worship. The Soviets stiffen. The officers disappear from the windows. Except for the wail of the mullah, a total hush has descended upon the gathering. After the prayer call, the mullah reads a sura from the Koran honoring the dead. Three minutes later, the prayer and reading are over, but there is an unmistakable new militancy in the air. "Makhkamov must go!" shouts yet another speaker, referring to Tadzhikistan's Communist Party chief, and the crowd roars its approval...