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...root, as usual, was the tribal rivalry that has been tearing the nation apart all year. The men of the 5th are mostly Hausas of the Moslem North, which has been carrying on a vendetta against the thousands of Christian Ibos who have come from the Eastern Region to live. Aroused by reports that Hausas had been mistreated in the East, the soldiers surged out of their barracks to exact vengeance. They...
Saudi Arabia's government-controlled newspapers call the rulers of Egypt "butchers," and Cairo's press summons all good Arabs to "a battle of destiny" against Feisal, the King himself preaches Islamic brotherhood and cooperation. "President Nasser is one of our great Moslem leaders," says Feisal, "and it is inconceivable that he should consider our Islamic call to be aimed against...
KHARTOUM, where the White and Blue Niles meet, is the site of one of history's classic confrontations-between the Christian mystic, General "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) and his fanatic Moslem opponent, the Mahdi (Laurence Olivier...
...came to Bethlehem to honor the newborn Jesus were Zoroastrians, and many scholars believe that echoes of Zoroastrian theology can be found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Revived by the Sassanid dynasty during the 3rd century A.D., Zoroastrianism died out once again when Persia was conquered by the Moslem caliphs 400 years later. Rather than submit to Islam, the ancestors of today's Parsis took refuge in India during the 8th century; to this day, the sect's name bespeaks its Persian origin...
Ninety-two of the 93 were members of Egypt's powerful 500,000-member Moslem Brotherhood, a group of religious fanatics who want to ban all liquor, movie theaters and female education and live strictly by the Koran. Twelve years ago, six of its leaders were tried and executed and thousands more jailed after an attempt on Nasser's life. But by 1960, many of the members had served their terms and were plotting more mischief. One group specialized in making bombs. Another in power-station sabotage. Another in arms smuggling. After years of planning, a new assassination...