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Word: moslem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, 73, Hindu lawyer, Indian Liberal Federation president, who won fame as a mediator between Gandhi and the British, and between the Indian National Congress and the Moslem League; in Allahabad, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 31, 1949 | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...splinter group was composed of 33,000 Palestinian Arabs, who had full rights to vote and to put up their own candidates, although their campaigning was restricted. (They need travel permits, and may not hold public meetings in areas occupied by the Israeli army.) Last week in Arab Nazareth, Moslem women complained that their religion forbade them to be photographed for identity cards or to lift their purdahs for identification at the polls in the presence of men. After some head-scratching, the government's election committee decided that Arab women could vote without having their pictures taken. Furthermore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: On an Island | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

...Spain, the story pf his forefathers dates back over 2,000 years, to the days following the Carthaginian invasion of the Iberian peninsula. Through the successive invasions of the Romans, Goths, Arabs and Berbers, they survived and grew in number. Under Moslem rule, the Spanish Jews produced an elite of brilliant poets and philosophers, and of wealthy bankers. But in the 14th Century, after most of Spain had been freed from Moslem rule by Spanish Christians, the Jews became a persecuted people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Sigh in Madrid | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...Ahmed killed the Premier? He explained: "Because he caused Egypt to lose the Sudan, surrendered Palestine to the Jews, and dissolved the Moslem Brotherhood . . . the only organization fighting for Islam in the past 20 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Dam-Bid-Dam | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...Premier: tall, stocky Abdel Hadi Pasha, former cabinet chief to King Farouk and onetime Foreign Minister. Like his old friend Nokrashy, he is a strong nationalist and leader of the Saadist Party, is expected to push the war in Palestine and continue the clean-up of the Moslem Brotherhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Dam-Bid-Dam | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

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