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Back came reports from more than two dozen correspondents, who visited medinas and mosques, and interviewed sultans and emirs, desert tribesmen and professors of Islamic culture. The result is this week's Special Report on Islam, a sweeping exploration of one of the world's great faiths, with side trips through the life of Muhammad, the words of the Koran, and the ancient justice of the Shari'a (Islam's code...
Senior Editor John Elson, who was in charge of the Special Report, first began to appreciate the pervasiveness of the faith while serving as TIME'S religion writer from 1962 to 1966. "Islam has been so frequently misunderstood," contends Elson, "partly because so many people have tried to apply terms from Christianity and Judaism to it. What we have attempted to do is give a succinct but complete picture of a phenomenon that is not merely a faith, but a way of ordering society...
...shores are suffering serious erosion, and a number of resort areas, such as Miami Beach, have been ravaged. Padre is no exception. "The shoreline of South Padre Island has been retreating at least since the late 1800s," wrote University of Texas Geologist Robert Morton in a 1975 report. "At many points, rates of erosion increased between 1960 and 1969, with parts of the island experiencing extreme erosion." Separate studies last year by the state's general land office and researchers at Texas A & M University confirmed the problem...
...report also asked the K-School to investigate the background and societal contribution of a donor whose name may be attached to a gift...
Facilities should be named only after persons of international or national stature whose accomplishments are widely acknowledged, distinguished faculty of staff members or University graduates, "exemplary public servants," or persons with a strong demonstrated commitment to advancing the goals of the Kennedy School, the report said...