Word: ramadan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From Bedouin tent encampments to the traffic-choked streets of Riyadh and Jidda, Saudi Arabians by the hundreds of thousands turned introspective last week as religious sentiment swept their land. It was the start of Ramadan, the high holy month of Islamic fasting. But Ramadan or not, it was also pretty much business as usual in one imposing Riyadh office building. Inside the high-rise tower that houses the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), computers kept humming and clerks kept counting as petrodollars continued to cascade into the desert kingdom's coffers at a rate of $320 million...
...major victory. It also left the Iraqis in complete control of the Shatt al Arab and bolstered their military position as they continued assaults not only on Abadan but also on the other key Khuzistan cities of Ahwaz and Dezful. Iraq's First Deputy Prime Minister, Tana Yasin Ramadan, reportedly stated that Baghdad's objective was to take not only the main provincial cities but Khuzistan's oilfields as well. These would be held until the Iranians accepted the three conditions stated by Baghdad at the beginning of the conflict: l)Iraqi control over the Shatt...
Earlier last month, Muskie had spelled out a series of elements that he said might indicate a changed climate surrounding the hostage crisis since the death of the Shah. They were: the release of Richard Queen, which had presumably been done on compassionate grounds; the fact that the Ramadan holy season was coming to a close; and finally, the emergence of a government that would have the authority to make decisions...
...Iranians had arrived in Queens after being imprisoned for a total of ten days following their arrest for disorderly conduct during a violent demonstration in Washington. They were allowed to select lawyers and to meet with a Muslim clergyman. And because it was Ramadan, the Islamic holy month that imposes fasting during the day, prison authorities established a special dining schedule, serving a meal just before sunrise and another after sunset. Even so, the prisoners went on a hunger strike and some eventually even had to be force...