Word: moslem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ticklish question of invitations was saved until almost the end. Burma's Premier U Nu suggested that Israel be included, but Pakistan's Mohammed AH objected on behalf of the Moslem states, and Israel was excluded. The white-supremacy government of South Africa was not even discussed. ("We can't go there, so why the hell should we invite them here," explained Ceylon's Sir John Kotelawala.) North and South Viet Nam were invited; South and North Korea were not. Indonesia's Ali Sastroamidjojo proposed Japan, a surprising suggestion from a nation that still remembers...
Across the great chasm of religion which divides the Middle East, a strange alignment was growing last week between Moslem Turkey and Israel. Trade, not affection, brings them together. Three years ago Turkey imported a paltry $70,000 worth of goods from Israel. Now they have developed a $28 million annual exchange of goods, and Turkey has become the No. 1 customer for Israel's manufactures. Turkey sends wheat, cotton, cattle and oil seed to Israel and last year got in return $5,000,000 worth of cars and jeeps (from Israel's Kaiser-Frazer plant...
Soekarno's friends say that he was alarmed by the narrowness of Sastroa-midjojo's majority on a parliamentary vote of confidence a fortnight ago (TIME, Dec. 27). Though a Moslem himself, Soekarno also fears that the opposition Masjumi (Moslem) Party, which is the largest political party in the predominantly (90%) Moslem republic, would make Indonesia a theocratic state if it came to power. Others, less charitable, find an explanation for Soekarno's behavior in his ambition to become the Nehru of Indonesia. During a recent visit to the island of Bali with Soekarno, Nehru...
...popular support. For his new Minister of Law, he appointed Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, 61, popular leader of the opposition United Front, "and a big man in Bengal, who will now, under "controlled democracy," be expected to get along inside the Cabinet with his late enemies of the Moslem League...
...that the government is throttling Indonesia's foreign trade, and accused officials of taking kickbacks up to 20% on behalf of the reigning Nationalist Party. Pressure on the Premier forced him to fire his Economic Minister. This still did not satisfy the opposition, led by the powerful Masjumi (Moslem) Party (Indonesia has the world's largest Moslem population). Their misgivings go deeper...