Word: moslem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Arrogant with Success. Moslem moderates were in despair. The Committee of 61, a group of moderate Moslem legislators who have been trying to negotiate a compromise solution with the French, announced that they were giving up, and disbanded the committee. Said Ben Salem, a quiet, middle-aged doctor and one of the committee's leaders: "We have been passed over. The French must negotiate with the chiefs of the resistance. The people no longer have faith...
...fatwa (ruling), a pronouncement having almost the same force for Moslems as a papal encyclical for Roman Catholics, decrees that for a Moslem to recognize the state of Israel would be to condone an act of robbery. "All heavenly religions are unanimous in condemning robbery and stating that robbed objects should be returned to their rightful owners." Furthermore, Mohammed himself has said: "He who dies in defense of his property is a martyr; he who dies in defense of his honor is a martyr." When Mohammed and his followers were driven out of Mecca, the Ulema recalled, Allah ordered...
...body of scholars trained in Islamic law and religion that has long been recognized as the highest Moslem, authority in matters of faith...
...themselves. Known to its intimates as Sweatpot-by-the-Sea, Lagos today is the capital of a loose federation of three largely autonomous regions: the rural Christian and pagan Eastern Nigeria of the Ibo tribesmen; the Christian and pagan West of the Yoruba, rich with cocoa profits; and the Moslem North of the Hausa and Fulani, where powerful emirs struggle to protect the traditions of a feudal past. Each section hates and distrusts the others. Her Majesty's government has offered Nigeria various plans for independence, but, says one native minister: "We are not ready...
...France travelers are treated with true Gallic grace, and the stewards provide something for everybody - straw slippers and chopsticks on flights to Japan, kosher and Moslem diets for Near East travelers, fine and fattening French foods on the blue-ribbon routes. Last year alone, Air France served 500,000 bottles of wine aloft, including champagne, provided on request in lieu of breakfast orange juice on some de luxe runs...