Word: muslims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...latest opposition of the Dark Ages-style Muslim mullahs to the Shah's government [Sept. 18] comes as no surprise to those of us interested in progress and in seeing Iran enter the 20th century. The mullahs' theocratic demand to watchdog parliament in the name of democracy is a mockery of the right to freedom. The mullahs ought to be reminded that their "overseeing" the parliament is just as repugnant as the ban on the freedom of the press, for which they criticize the Shah's regime. The separation of church and state is essential to democracy...
Even one Communist-educated intellectual allied to the regime pleads that his country is "not an apple" ready to fall to the Russians, and privately appeals to the U.S. to act like "a great power." But U.S. room for maneuver is as limited as the Afghans'. Conservative Muslim tribesmen in provinces bordering Pakistan have rebelled against government reforms; some air force squadrons, which strafed them last month, have been grounded by the arrest of pilots loyal to Qadir...
...Camp David. In the first days of the conclave, it was clear that the U.S. was feeling out the positions of both the Israelis and Egyptians. As part of this process, the three leaders met together three times, for a total of 6˝ hours. Although the three weekend sabbaths?Muslim, Jewish and Christian?slowed the pace of the talks somewhat, they gave the participants an opportunity to review what they had learned and analyze potential areas of compromise...
...corruption, police arrested a dozen businessmen and former top government officials suspected of embezzlement, land frauds and misappropriations of government funds. The widespread incidence of such corruption was one of the major complaints of opponents of the regime-most notably the religious mullahs (leaders) of the Shi´ite Muslim sect. Among those arrested were three former Cabinet ministers (agriculture, trade and health), and Hojabr Yadzani, who is one of Iran's richest businessmen. A thousand other businessmen were advised that they would not be allowed to leave the country. Said an Iranian banker: "It looks ike the crash...
...whether there is a resurgence of politically active Islamic conservatism throughout the Muslim world, and whether because of his forced-march modernization policies, he has been caught on the cutting edge of the resistance. Yes, and I don't mind that. I personally believe that Islam is not opposed to progress. In a normal atmosphere, faith is needed by a society and adds to its stability and its strength. I'm talking about Islam-and not political slogans...