Word: muslim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some material for another Widener-based thesis was gathered first-hand. The hierarchy of the Sufi movement, a mystical Muslim sect based in Mauritania and Senegal, has shifted from white to black domination of the past 40 years as the religion continues to spread to central Africa. David Sharry, a sixth year graduate student in near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, thinks he understands why. But, he says, "it's not the kind of thesis where I'm constantly looking for books--there isn't very much written on the subject." Instead, Sharry has culled his data from a series...
...Amsterdam News (circ. 66,000) is the largest nonreligious black weekly (the Muslim Bilalian News, formerly Muhammad Speaks, claims a circulation of 583,000). For most of its 67 years, the Amsterdam News has catered to the middle-class aspirations of Harlem's business and professional people. It is sold 90% on the newsstand, and its blazing red front-page headlines stress crime and gossip. But the rest of its news comes in quieter hues: close attention to black politics, knowledgeable reviews of black art, music and books, a World of Work page that offers stories on the movements...
...respectable young Muslim in contemporary Algerian society observes a strict set of family obligations. If his family is poor, he must provide for it. He is discouraged from marrying or leaving home unless his family can survive economically without him. When he does marry, the marriage is usually unofficially arranged by his parents. There is little that he can do about this situation since it is practically impossible to meet women other than through a family connection. A medical student who lived in the conservative provincial capital of Constantine summed it all up one day. Shaking his head sadly...
...favor of "lifting the veils," both literally and figuratively. By figuratively, it implied the destruction of the mentality and behavior commonly deemed appropriate to the respectable Islamic woman, and putting women to work, particularly in factories. The outcry was so great that the government soon abandoned this line. Many Muslims interpreted removal of the veil as a profound threat to the spirit of Islam. The government couldn't risk alienating the Muslim population and decided instead to take the opposite stand, supporting the veil as an example of the fact that Islam and socialism were ideologically compatible...
...aggravated by the government's censorship of political opposition groups, media and art. Opposition groups are strictly controlled. While I was there, wild rumors were circulating through the university to the effect that seven students had been shot by the police. These students were reportedly members of a reactionary Muslim group that went around protesting against the relaxation of Muslim morals, notorious for beating up women in mini-skirts. Usually the police presence is felt rather than observed in Algeria. You forget that Boumidienne has a massive intelligence organization until you realize that people are reluctant to discuss politics...