Word: muslimism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What's in a name? To Muslims, a great deal. Hence another exotic moniker for sports fans to stumble over: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the impressive appellation by which 7-ft. 2-in. Basketball Star Lew Alcindor wishes to be known henceforth. Jabbar, a convert from Roman Catholicism, is not a Black Muslim like Boxer Muhammad Ali, but a member of Islam's orthodox Sunni sect. As for his new name, he explained to a press conference that Kareem means "noble" or "generous"; Abdul, "servant of Allah"; Jabbar, "powerful." Jabbar, who left on a three-week tour of Africa...
...floating butterfly with the sting of a bee, only slower, so that it may be observed easily by the naked eve, moved with the lecture officials and a small police escort to the right side of the stage; while his wife, dressed in the long, dark gown of the Muslim woman and an incaradine scarf covering her hair and neck, walked with an elegance of her own as she was accompanied to her seat on the opposite side of the stage. Ali's police escort seemed the ultimate superfluity. Ali's presence is so commanding as to appear capable...
...DNSI)-With the recent upsurge in terrorist and guerrilla activity in the Thai south, the big question here in Bangkok is, "Who are the guerrillas and what are their political goals?" The leader of the Islamic community in Thailand refuses to comment on the situation, as do all other Muslims here. A Muslim friend of mine, who was born in the south, offered to give his view of the problem...
Rashai described how the people of the southern provinces of Narathivas, Yala, and Pattani are not only Muslim, but also of Malay ethnic stock who speak Malaysian dialect rather than Thai. "Not only do they consider themselves to be Malay, but the Thai government reinforces that feeling by appointing Thai Buddhists from Bangkok who can't speak Malay, which increases the feeling of domination...
...life. At his training camp in Miami Beach, he heads an entourage that looks like a touring vaudeville act. There is Bundini, the cornerman and personal mystic who calls him "the Blessing of the Planet"; a handler whose sole job is to comb Ali's hair; assorted grim-faced Muslim operatives; imperturbable Angelo Dundee, his trainer since 1960; Norman Mailer; Actor Burt Lancaster; Cash Clay Sr. in red velvet bellbottoms, red satin shirt and a plantation straw hat; the Major, a high roller from Philly who tools around in a Duesenberg; and Brother Rahaman Ali (formerly known as Rudolph Valentino...