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...resurgence of the Islamic world began with the end of World War II, when the war-weary European powers saw their colonial empires collapse one by one. Strong nationalist leaders who were also Muslims, like Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, rose to power; by the early '60s there was a belt of independent, predominantly Islamic states stretching from Morocco to Indonesia. For Muslims of the Middle East, one event in the past decade stands out as a modern landmark in the history of the faith. On the afternoon of Oct. 6, 1973, the cry of "Allahu Akbar!" (God is great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Islam | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Gaddafi's curious blend of utopianism, anarchism and militant Islamic fundamentalism is reflected in his own rather vague political status. He is clearly the maximum leader. His picture is everywhere. Often he is pictured with Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, his hero, who died in 1970. The "traitor" Sadat is frequently shown in the Libyan press with Moshe Dayan's face in the background-a photo taken during Sadat's speech to the Knesset in 1977. Yet Gaddafi has no official title or post in the Libyan state or government, and he has never allowed himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Interview with Gaddafi | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

July 1972. Anwar Sadat, who became Egyptian President after the death of Nasser in 1970, clashes with the Soviets and ousts 20,000 advisers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Three Decades of Conflict | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

July 26, 1956. Under the leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal. An agreement with the Soviet Union has already provided Egypt with large quantities of arms. Nasser repeatedly threatens Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Three Decades of Conflict | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

Khalil, 58, is a highly skilled technocrat. Born into a prosperous farming family in the Nile Delta, he studied at the University of Illinois, where he earned a doctorate in engineering. A hard-driving and meticulous worker, he became minister of communications in the Nasser regime at the age of 36. As minister of oil and industry, he played a major role in the industrialization of Egypt during the 1950s and '60s, then broke with Nasser's leftist supporters and resigned from the government in 1966 to become a professor at the University of Cairo. An admirer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Man Begin Won't See | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

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