Word: muslims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...longstanding equilibrium in Lebanon had been upset by the war, which pitted the left-wing Muslim groups and the well-armed Palestinians against Lebanese Christians and moderate Muslims. The Israelis were alarmed at the prospect of a leftist victory; so were the Syrians, who were apprehensive over the idea of a war pitting Arab against Arab on their border...
...made and natural disasters, including many wars and a host of devastating earthquakes, have made Rhodes a unique architectural showcase. Among the ruins are examples of many different styles and periods, and the influences of European, Muslim, and ancient Greek cultures blend together in a timeless harmony. The remains of a Greek temple on the Acropolis of Lindos tower over the city, facing out towards Turkey. Far below, the white houses of Lindos stand in sharp contrast to the stark hills...
Meanwhile, the U.S. Government has privately agreed to supply unstated quantities of defensive weapons to Somalia. The bill will be paid by Saudia Arabia, which for years has been trying to woo predominantly Muslim Somalia out of the Soviet orbit. TIME has learned that in exchange for a firm Western pledge of armaments, the Somalis are prepared to order the Russians to vacate their huge missile base at Berbera and withdraw their 2,500 military technicians...
...culmination of the long-running feud between the erratic Gaddafi and Sadat. After Gaddafi struck an arms deal with the Soviets in 1975, Sadat concluded that Gaddafi was trying to overthrow him by supporting an Egyptian underground with Libyan money and Russian arms. In early July, when an extremist Muslim sect called the Society for Repentance and Retreat murdered a former Egyptian Cabinet minister and planted bombs in Cairo, the Egyptian government blamed it on Gaddafi. At least four people have been executed in Egypt as Libyan "saboteurs." Sadat is incensed by Libyan propaganda that mocks him and his wife...
...Islamic law a deterrent? The Saudis think so, and point to their crime rate, one of the lowest in the world. But recently an influx of low-income foreign workers-most of them Muslim-has caused an upsurge in crime, suggesting that knowing the laws of the Koran and that they are enforced is not necessarily a deterrent. When a Jeddah merchant left a crate of gold unguarded on the airport tarmac for two weeks, a Somali airport employee found the temptation too much. He began filching gold bars and selling them in the bazaar. Police caught...