Word: muslimism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year after the end of a wanton struggle that raged for 19 months, killed 40,000 people and nearly destroyed a nation without noticeable gain for either Christian or Muslim combatants, Lebanon is painfully rebuilding. The primary symbol of the country's hope and determination to once again live at peace with itself is the reconstruction of Beirut, which serves not merely as Lebanon's capital but as home for half of its 3 million people and, until the war crippled it, was a gleaming Middle East social and commercial hub. The fighting devastated Beirut's business...
Hazards remain. Hardly a day passes without some form of violence, usually a revenge killing to settle personal accounts. The green line, the wartime boundary between Muslim and Christian zones (see map), where the lengthy list of sniper victims includes U.S. Ambassador Francis Meloy, remains a psychological barrier for many Beirutis. The line is clogged with traffic during the day but it can still be perilous after dark. Yet in most other sections of the city day or night, restaurants and discos are open and busy; action has even returned to the baccarat tables and slot machines the Casino...
Potentially, a more dangerous shortfall is any true spirit of reconciliation. The Muslim left, leaderless since the assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, is afraid of once again slipping into a minority position within Lebanon's complex political equation, despite its large numbers. The Christians, for their part, remain bitterly resentful of the 250,000 Palestinians living in Lebanon, whom they blame for starting the war. As a hedge against any new outbreak of hostilities, the Christians have taken complete control of east Beirut and almost all of northern Lebanon where they are busy installing the infrastructure for a separate state...
...Muslim Minority Educational Policy in China" will be discussed by Professor M. Mobin Shorish, in the Bowie Room of the Center for International Affairs, 6 Divinity...
...massacre was a severe blow to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' hopes that a cease-fire signed with the Muslim rebels last December might continue, for the insurgents' brazen self-confidence suggests that they have been receiving fresh weapons from abroad. Observers fear a full-scale resumption of the government's anti-insurgency campaign that at its peak, cost Philippine forces 75 dead and 300 wounded weekly...