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...that is why some lament the decline of another, older and more tolerant Islam. For centuries many of the world's Muslims were, in one way or another, practi-tioners of Sufism, a spiritualism that centers on the mystical connection between the individual and the divine. Sufism's ethos was egalitarian, charitable and friendly, often propagated by wandering seers and storytellers. It blended with local cultures and cemented Islam's place from North Africa to the Indian subcontinent. (Read "An Islam of Many Paths...
...Wimbledon champion, says that he will defend his title even if he has to turn pro to do so. California's Billie Jean King, who won this year's ladies' crown at Wim bledon, will be back, too: "I favor open tennis," she says realistically and practi cally, "and I would be happy to play it." Arthur Ashe, the No. 2-ranked...
Nikita Khrushchev-a notably pragmatic man, but now expected as head Communist to be boss of all Communist ideology too-seemed to be a little miffed at Yugoslav charges that he was a mere "practi-calist," and that international Communism was not generating any new theoretical concepts. Well, asked Khrushchev, how about his plan to catch up with...
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