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...more substantial American military presence, because they are more worried than they were a year ago about their security. They are still recovering from the shock of an abortive coup d'état last December. It was staged by dissident Shi'ites, members of a Muslim sect that dominates Iran and constitutes a majority in Bahrain. The nation is an obvious target for Iranian attempts to export the Ayatullah Khomeini's Islamic revolution. One of the masterminds of the December "incident," as it is called in Bahrain, was Hadi Modaresi, a mullah who had lived in Bahrain...
...hardy and fiercely independent people, the Maronites struggled to preserve their culture through hundreds of years of foreign rule, first by the Arab caliphs (632-1258) and then by the Ottoman Turks. In the late 19th century, following a devastating massacre at the hands of the Druze sect, the Maronites were granted formal autonomy by the Turks. After the Ottoman empire was finally dissolved in 1920 and Lebanon came under French mandate, the Maronites continued to rule themselves. When Lebanon became independent in 1943, political power was divided among the various religious groups according to a 6-to-5 ratio...
Most neighbors interviewed by The Crimson last week said that although they were uncomfortable with the large number of visitors that come to the neighborhood they had no specified complaints about Ashram members. Several neighbors praised the sect for keeping its property clean, which they said previous owners had not done...
Ashram members have said that local membership in their group has tripled in the past six months since their spiritual leader Swami Chetanananda moved here from Indiana. A small group of sect members has lived in Cambridge for eight years in a building at 11 Linnaean St. which the Ashram still owns along with the 6 Linnaean St. structure and another building on Wendall St. in Cambridge...
...small sect which claims to have an additional 100 members scattered across the country traces its religion to an ancient "Indian faith. Religious activities are centered around optional meditation sessions held twice daily