Word: mullah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...party were departing for Italy the day before the scheduled celebrations. Although he was booked on an Alitalia flight to Rome, the crew, when questioned later, did not remember the highly visible Imam-who is more than 6 ft. tall, bearded, and wears the imposing robes of an Islamic mullah. In fact, he had utterly vanished...
...mood of humility, the Shah launched a campaign of reconciliation with his religious opponents. He brought home his ambassador to the U.S., Ardeshir Zahedi, to open a dialogue with dissident mullahs. Sharif-Emami was expected to call this week on Ayatullah Sharietmadari, 76, the religious teacher who is regarded as the most powerful spokesman for the Shi'ite opposition. In addition, Ayatullah Khomeini, 80, a popular mullah exiled in Iraq since 1963, might be permitted to return home if he disavows the overthrow of the Shah...
...defiance of the mullahs, the Shah ordered widespread land reforms, divesting the Shi'ite clergy of their vast holdings. The Shah scheduled a referendum on land reform and won his way by a wide margin. He decreed new privileges for women, including the right to vote and to attend institutions of higher learning. In June 1963 the mullahs, having failed to block the Shah's reforms, called their people into the streets. Demonstrations turned into riots, and the Shah sent in his troops. When the rioting stopped several days later, 200 people were dead, and the leader of the mullah...
...dismayed by this infiltration is Abdul Reza Hejazi, Khomeini's associate in Tehran. Himself a mullah of considerable fame, Hejazi spent two years in prison for the crime of receiving a letter from Khomeini and answering it. He stresses that despite accusations to the contrary, the mullahs are not opposed to Western advances in science, medicine and education for Iran. "Islamic civilization and Western civilization can and should merge in order to create a better civilization for all. What we are against from the West is its colonialism in all its shapes and sizes...
...believe we will be heard. My only demand is enforcement of the constitution. We would like freedom of expression and we want a government of the people by the people. That has been our message." Among his requests: the appointment, as called for by the constitution, of a five-mullah watchdog committee in parliament...