Word: religion
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Grisly Deed. The Black Muslim religion strongly appealed to some blacks because of its denunciation of the evils of white society and its promise of a better life for individuals who strictly follow its commands. The Hanafis consider themselves more orthodox than the Black Muslims, now called Bilalians, whom they dismiss as political exploiters. The most famous Hanafi convert is Los Angeles Laker Basketball Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who financed the purchase of a Washington house as Hanafi headquarters...
...fact that five of the killers of his family were eventually convicted and given life sentences did not satisfy Khaalis. His religion, he felt, demanded justice in a jihad-a holy war. For years he brooded; then last week he struck...
Kilson compounds this situation by tossing religion into what should be a clearcut question of morality in University policy: he blames the debate on "some elements among Jews." Considering the widespread national publicity given the Moonies" actions in our leading newspapers, magazines, and television networks, I find his statement frightfully shortsighted...
There are many people who do not believe that the Unification Church practices any kind of brainwashing or is any different from other religions. Harvey Cox, Thorias Professor of Divinity at the Divinity School, feels that all religions that prosyletize "just try to persuade people that their view is the right view." He said he thinks "there is no doubt that the Unification Church is already blending into the religious atmosphere of the country. They will soon get tame and conventionalized." Cox compared the Unification Church to the Mormon Church, noting that the Mormons were also persecuted when they were...
Next fall Tribe will deliver the Rose F. Kennedy Lectures dealing with either religion or ethics, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He will lecture on "Constitutional Theory and Life Sciences...