Word: shia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Khan, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, also gave $1.5 million in 1979 to establish the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the GSD. In 1987, he contributed to funding for GSD's Center for Urban Development Studies at the Harvard Design School...
...also unjustified. The Lebanese people are not leading the fight against Israeli occupation. In fact, Hezbollah, the group leading this noble resistance, is an element foreign to Lebanon. According to CIA and U.S. Navy profiles of this terrorist organization, Hezbollah is an Iranian- and Syrian-sponsored group of fundamentalist Shia Muslims that has carried out horrific attacks on civilians of the world. Hezbollah is widely believed to be behind the 1983 truck bombing that killed 241 Americans in Beirut. It was also responsible for the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. Contrary to the claim...
...Guard, an organization whose chief purposes are to protect the Saudi monarchy and maintain domestic order. Two groups have claimed responsibility. One, a previously unknown organization calling itself the Tigers of the Gulf, said it wants to drive Americans out of Saudi Arabia. There are other possible suspects, including Shia Muslims and Sunni fundamentalists unhappy with the rule of King Fahd. President Clinton said the U.S. would "devote an enormous effort" to finding out who is responsible: "We have expressed our condolences and deep regret to the families of those who were killed...
...have dedicated our college careers to improving intergroup relations; I believe our record speaks for itself. Beyond being simply false, the charges and insinuations levied against us, against Hillel and against Jewish students in general, are both deeply hurtful and profoundly disgraceful. Counter and Reid ought to be ashamed. Shia A. Held Chair, Harvard-Redcliffe Hillel