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...Tunku aimed his sharpest shots at the Socialists, alleged that they were cooperating with the Indonesian Communist Party; leftist workers have become increasingly militant since the stoppage of trade by Indonesia caused layoffs. But the Tunku also condemned the right-wing, fanatical Moslem groups, who might be receptive to Indonesian arguments because of their distaste for the multiracial, multireligious character of the federation. Pressing hard for a decisive endorsement, the Tunku exploited every appeal. He offered tidy development funds to strategic regions. Two days before elections, the government published a 64-page white paper charging an Indonesian plot to assassinate...
Nasser responded by denouncing Baath as atheistic, and the cry was picked up by Moslem religious leaders as well as by Syria's merchants and landowners, worried by Baath's militantly socialist program of nationalization and land reform. Hafez replied: "Allah alone knows who are atheists, and will punish them." The Baath regime in neighboring Iraq was toppled last fall, but in Syria the Baathists continued to preach class war, pitting workers, peasants and the army against everyone else. Early this month, Baath expropriated all landholdings over 25 acres and nationalized six of the country's largest...
...Single Arab Nation with an Immortal Mission," and wrote instead, "The Atheist Baath Is Against God!" The boy was sentenced to a year's hard labor, and his classmates went on strike. The sheiks and mullahs of Hama's 65 mosques denounced Baathist oppression, and surging Moslem mobs filled the streets. The police opened fire and the battle of Hama began...
...Pakistan over possession of Kashmir. When an M.P. complained that "our unilateral goodness is interpreted as cowardice by Pakistan," Nehru replied emotionally: "I know the people of Pakistan. When you excite them with religious slogans, nobody remains decent. Everybody becomes brutal, whether it is the Hindu or the Moslem...
...hopes of easing the religious tensions, Nehru early this month released Sheik Mohammed Abdullah, the Lion of Kashmir, who was jailed nearly eleven years ago for "conspiracy" to bring about Kashmirian independence. Nehru had hoped that Sheik Abdullah, a Moslem who believes in Hindu-Moslem cooperation, might find a solution to the Kashmir problem. Since his release, the former Kashmirian Prime Minister has been campaigning by Jeep through the towns and villages of Kashmir's Himalayan foothills, talking with old friends and supporters. His plan for settling Kashmir's future remains the same as always. Failing a plebiscite...