Word: moslem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hand. Five years ago such charges might have set off a national wave of self-examination in France. But now fatigue, frustration, and a conviction that the enemy himself is often more barbaric have resigned Frenchmen to barbarism in Algeria. In Algiers last week a Moslem who accidentally exploded a hand grenade, injuring no one but himself, was beaten to death by a street crowd; so, for good measure, was his companion. In West Germany, in an odd echo of the Algerian troubles, the public prosecutor of Frankfurt charged that a French underground organization called "the Red Hand" had murdered...
...Much Time? With equal firmness, De Gaulle rejected the implication that his government had made no progress toward settling the four-year-old Algerian revolt. One by one, he ticked off France's recent accomplishments in Algeria: the extension of equal and universal suffrage to Algeria's Moslems; the progress of a program to provide schooling for all Moslem children ("There are a lot of them"); and, most important, the Constantine Plan, under which France will pour $420 million into industrial and agricultural development of Algeria in the next year. "By comparison," he said, "the desperate battles...
...that Indonesian Reds had to cheer about last week was the state visit of aging Ho Chi Minh, President of Communist North Viet Nam. Wisp-bearded Ho kissed all the pretty girls in sight, thus scandalizing pious Moslems, who complained that his bussing of young women was "an overt violation of Moslem law." Sukarno, who always likes to say what visitors like to hear, called Ho "one of the greatest men in Asia." General Abdul Haris Nasution and his army kept order and their own counsel...
Whether Hindu, Moslem or follower of virtually any other religion, India's father of the bride teeters close to bankruptcy. A moneylender's dream, he is forced by custom to fork over a huge dowry for his daughter, start paying off every member of the bridegroom's family with lavish presents of cash and sweetmeats as soon as the engagement is announced. The ideal wedding must be a stunningly beautiful rite that lasts for days, with thousands of gaily colored electric-light bulbs adorning the house, an ornate marquee and a team of cooks to gorge scores...
Uneasily the feud in the hills became the subject of a parliamentary debate. Since Lebanon is almost evenly divided between Moslem and Christian groups, the nightmare of this small nation is the possibility of a war of religion. The Parliament usually tries to look the other way, but the Kobeyat feuding is only the most conspicuous of several recent incidents: a religious murder in Sidon. a lynching in Tripoli. "The time has come for the erection of gallows,'' said Interior Minister Raymond Edde, introducing a bill making capital punishment mandatory for "premeditated murder.'' Last week, made...